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Our founder, Therese Duchesne, envisioned a place where female monastics in the Theravada Buddhist tradition could live, study, and practice. Therese was seeking a Dhamma community and support for her Parami in 2007. Finally, Ayya Gunasari became the first abbess and spiritual director of the community that Therese wanted to create Sangha.
