Meditation and Discussion with Buddhist Nuns in Sautee Nacoochee
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## Unwrapping Presence – Antidotes to Winter Holiday Blues
## with Sravasti Abbey Buddhist nuns Venerables Thubten Chonyi and Thubten Dekyi
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Sautee Nacoochee Center
283 Hwy 255 North, Sautee Nacoochee 30571
Tuesday, November 10, 11 am – 1 pm
Join Buddhist nuns Venerable Thubten Chonyi and Venerable Thubten Dekyi for a pre-holiday meditation, luncheon presentation, and discussion to explore how to keep a genuinely happy mind in the darkest of times.
All are welcome!
Event Details:
- Location: Sautee Nacoochee Center, 283 GA-255, Sautee Nacoochee, GA 30571
- Requirements: Attendees are asked to bring a bag lunch; tea and water will be provided.
- RSVP: For more information or to register, please call 706-878-3300.
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## More about the teachers
Ven. Thubten Chonyi was a founder of Friends of Sravasti Abbey, which formed in 2003 to support Ven. Thubten Chodron’s dream to start a monastery. She moved to the Abbey in 2007 and took śrāmaṇerikā and śikṣamāṇā precepts in May 2008. She received bhikshuni (full) ordination at Fo Guang Shan temple in Taiwan in 2011. At Sravasti Abbey, Ven. Chonyi is mainly involved with publicity and inviting generosity. She also shares Buddha’s teachings at the Abbey and online, and also co-taught meditation and Buddhist ideas at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Spokane for 11 years. When conditions arise, she also teaches at Buddhist centers in the US and abroad.
Ven. Thubten Dekyi grew up in Olympia, WA and was interested in Buddhism since she was 16 but never had a teacher or Dharma center until 2006. While living in Sandpoint, ID, she saw a flier that a Buddhist nun, Venerable Thubten Chodron, was teaching nearby in Newport, WA. She then served in the Peace Corps in Ethiopia from 2012 to 2014 and then worked for the US Forest Service in Oregon.
After joining in a one-month Vajrasattva retreat at the Abbey in 2019, she decided to take the leap and move to the Abbey, which she did in October 2019. She trained as an anagarika for 11 months, and then received novice ordination on October 7, 2020. She received bhikshuni ordination at Fo En Si Temple in Taiwan in March 2024.
Buddhist nuns from Sravasti Abbey visit Atlanta in November 2026!
- Tuesday Nov 10 at 11am at Sautee Nacoochee Community Center
- Tuesday Nov 10 at 7pm at Drepung Loseling Monastery
- Wednesday Nov 11 at 6:30pm with Grant Park Meditation at Chua Quang Minh
- Thursday Nov 12 at 6pm at Emory Buddhist Club
- Friday Nov 13 - Sunday Nov 15 at Georgia Buddhist Camp (registration required)
November 13 - 15 with Georgia Buddhist Camp
Overnight for all ages. All welcome but registration in advance is required
www.georgiabuddhistcamp.com