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Ayya Santussika, in residence at Karuna Buddhist Vihara (Compassion Monastery), spent five years as an anagarika (eight-precept nun), then ordained as a samaneri (ten-precept nun) in 2010 and as a bhikkhuni (311 rules) in 2012 at Dharma Vijaya Buddhist Vihara in Los Angeles.

Ayya Santussika was born in Illinos in 1954 and grew up on a farm in Indiana. While being a single mother, she received BS and MS degrees in computer science and moved with her two children to the San Francisco Bay Area. She worked as a software designer and developer for fifteen years. Her search for deeper meaning and ways to be of service led her to train as an interfaith minister in a four-year seminary program that culminated in an Masters of Divinity degree and a brief period of practice as a minister before ordaining as a Buddhist nun. She is currently serving on the Board of Directors for Buddhist Global Relief.

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2016-11-14 Public Talk at Grace Church Parish Hall 1:50	Download Listen
Karuna Buddhist Vihara : Daylong on Lopez Island, Washington

2016-11-13 Afternoon Dhamma Talk 57:42	Download Listen
Bellingham Insight Meditation Society : Retreat

2016-11-13 Morning Dhamma Talk 44:13	Download Listen
Bellingham Insight Meditation Society : Retreat

2016-11-12 Afternoon Final Dhamma Talk 8:14	Download Listen
Bellingham Insight Meditation Society : Retreat

2016-11-12 Afternoon Dhamma Talk 33:59	Download Listen
Bellingham Insight Meditation Society : Retreat

2016-11-12 Morning Dhamma Talk 20:25	Download Listen
Bellingham Insight Meditation Society : Retreat

2016-11-12 Retreat Introduction 46:37	Download Listen
Bellingham Insight Meditation Society : Retreat

2016-11-11 Public Talk 1:13:21	Download Listen
Bellingham Insight Meditation Society : Retreat

2016-09-03 Almsgiving 2016 at Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery 11:04	Download Listen
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2016-08-04 Refrain From Killing 68:12	Download Listen
Ayya Santussika gave the fifth talk in a six-week series titled "Ethics, Action and the Five Precepts." She takes an in-depth look at the first precept: refraining from killing. She explores harming, how to live a life of non-harming, and facing difficult situations non-violently.
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley
In collection: Ethics, Action and the Five Precepts

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