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NEWS!
New Project underway:
Sangha Walks: Collections from Buddhist monastics residing in the USA our untold stories.
Ven. Hong Yang a bhikshuni a member of the traditional 2-part Sangha (bhikshu, the monks; bhikshuni, the nuns) documents the stories and experiences from other sanghans across the USA. This collection will be the first from the actual Buddhist monks and nuns in the USA, many are Americans, many are foreigners, all are significantly impacting our US history. Make this project possible by funding one year collection process of film, print, documents from large monasteries, small temples, tiny hermitages, forest dwellers and all have history and wish offer help to all who ask. Our history in the USA is as old as the 19th c. about 170 years undocumented. Amituofo
We've submitted this project to kickstarter.com for some idea of rewards we may offer:
Access to the collection once it's been documented in film and digital media with reduced prices for membership dependent on level of donation, tour fees, and eligiblity in the future board that would advise, fund, maintain, repair, and add to the collection. Handmade gifts for all Kickstarter donors in the value of $20.
A Sutra Section will be added soon, this will include many Chinese/English bilingual translations with standard Hanyu Pinyin
Morning Service is a new on amazon.com and creatspace.com this one on amazon.com has search inside feature!
Evening Service with 88 Buddha's Repentance Service is also available on amazon.com and creatspace.com
7 Day Retreat Service with the Clean Altar Ceremony Rules is now on createspace.com and available soon on amazon.com
DONATIONS NEEDED!
Also we are in need of urgent assistance to establish a permanent practice place in Iowa, if you have any property you wish to donate to us for that purpose please contact us by email: bhikshuni (at ) live (dot) com. Put the @ in replace for word in parenthesis and an . for the word dot and omit the parentthesis in the email.
Also if you can assist us by contributing financially towards the down payment a mortgage can be secured for a home that would provide residence for nuns and monks as well as retreats for people to participate in.
Blessing your name Light.
Experiencing a wave of negativity in your life? Or maybe you want increase your already fortunate life many Buddhists enjoying life will often use the traditional way of helping the temple as well as themselves by asking for Guan Ming Deng. It's very traditioanl at the new years time and all throughout the year. Sangha will be keeping your name rembered in daily services by Sangha for 1st and 15th and Sundays for one year. This is done to gain wisdom and create merit and viritue in the coming year for the person named and wishing them well and success, especially if they are creating negative karma or experiencing it.
Four requisites of robes, shelter, food, medicine donation to the Sangha
City of 10,000 Buddhas in Ukiah, CA... our 2009 WBMC a gathering of resident monastics from varied traditions
Picture by Rev. Sheridan Running of Shasta Abbey, Mt. Shasta California
http://www.cttbUSA.org
Take the time to visit this Chinese Buddhist Monastery, it's a wonderful place with wild peacocks roaming the grounds. Everyone speaks English. Monks and nuns are required to wear their 5 strip robes as they are the traditional work robes. Very nice Sangha community.
Bhikshuni Mission statement – Making Visible the Sangha Presence in America
Bhikshuni offers traditional Buddhist teachings and practices as taught by Buddha and teachings of respected monastic Vinaya Sangha. Encourages local communities to seek out Sangha and help to establish residences for both 2-part Sanghas. Bhikshuni and Bhikshu Sanghas live and teach Buddhism in accord with the times and conditions in which actually exist now while upholding their Vinaya ordination tradition of now in excess of 2,500 years old.
Bhikshuni encourages Sangha to join in local secular and inter-religious community activities to participate in well-being events (health, education, environment, diversity, culture, religion) so people become accustomed to seeing them outside monastery walls in every situation like themselves.
Bhikshuni encourages these types of people to seek them out: 1. those in need regardless of whether they consider themselves to be Buddhists or members of a faith group or not to seek Sangha for counseling or other traditional Buddhist services; 2. those new to Buddhism or to the traditional Sangha also seeking to study Buddhism and its culture – including scholars, students, curious or tourists; 3. those wishing to join as laity or form a Buddhist community (4-part with laity and monastic with a 2-part Sangha).
Bhikshuni encourages Sangha to be able to communicate in English so most American can walk the Path with increased skill and benefit. Sangha are also interested in meeting the needs of the area in which they live through welfare and relief assistance and if needed travel abroad.
People who are interested in putting into practice Buddhist teachings, if they study in an active and meaningful way benefits extend to not only themselves but to the people around them as well. Those struggling to live in communities filled with conflicts once they have become stable by their Buddhist practice and with increased skills can make significant impacts upon their conflicted communities, begining and ensuring reductions of conflicts to a predictable peaceful life. It starts with one, you; then when your stable in your practice it increases naturally around you - not with conversion or persuation but with visible difference being seen and noticed. Pretty soon you see others like you and your combined efforts create cumulative ripples outward and thus a Buddhist community awakes in our town or yours.
Bhikshuni invites you, dear reader, to actively support Sangha through joining a community or forming one or by generous donations of land, buildings for shelter; food, clothing, medicine and financial support (small regular donations go a long way in providing Sangha support for the basic 4 requisites: clothing, food, shelter and medicine. Read on for donation information. Check out our links.
Shifu is on Facebook, please feel free to join her in chat or posting, there are many Sangha members on Facebook now. The Sangha may use any vehicle for dharma teaching since the Buddha admonished us to according with the country's conditions and times and this includes online presence in social networks.
www.facebook.com/shihongyang 
Photo by Liz Zhou
Personalized guidance on your life path can prepare you to obtain results in meaningful powerful transformations based upon your own tastes and ability. You may donate to help ease the suffering of others.
Community outreach in local area
Hospital and nursing home visits
Hospice Care
Mental Health facility programs
Crisis counseling
Please use the services and join our general membership society. For more information please contact me.
Ven. Hong Yang
Donation info: 
Bhikshuni allocates all donations to support and nourish the worldwide Bhikshuni Sangha. Your donations contribute to bhikshuni ordination and training costs; medical expenses; travel costs to conferences and retreats; and to providing requisites, including books and computers, to bhikshuni nunnerys. We depend completely upon dana for funding, so deeply appreciate your financial support.
Send all donations to: Checks or money orders made out to "Bhikshuni"
Account Name: Bhikshuni
Greater Iowa Credit Union
Account Name: Bhikshuni
PO Box 665
Ames, IA 50010-4282
(515) 232-6310 GICU phone
Arrangements for electronic funds can be made through written requests. Also note whether it is for dharma publishing, sangha support (clothing, shelter, food, medicine).
Contact information:
Worldwide Directory of Temples, Monasteries, Centers
www.buddhanet.net Extensive directory, libraries of all traditions in Buddhism today. Many links to other places to study buddhism.