Mahapajapati Monastery is a meditation monastery for women dedicated to living the Buddha's teachings. We are a monastic and contemplative community in the Theravada Buddhist tradition, and as such, we value both solitude and social harmony. We invite you to share in our simple, quiet life of practice and study.
The monastery is in Pioneertown, California, on eighty acres of high desert in the southern part of the state. Founded in 2007 by Therese Duchesne, Mahapajapati Monastery was under the guidance of Ayya Gunasari as invited abbess until 2020.
Dear Dhamma friends, we are happy to inform you that MahÄpajÄpati will hold a one-day retreat this Saturday, February 11, 202, starting from 8:00-4:00 PM.Ā All old and new meditators are invited to come to participate in the meditation session.
Meditators with experience in practices can come to join group sitting meditation to generate a good atmosphere for one another. Important of all to strengthen oneās spiritual practice. For new meditators, a new technique will be taught step by step.
Sign up for a one-day retreat by sending an email toĀ [email protected], leaving your full name, age, and contact phone number.
We are limited in space, so those who send us a notification through email first will be accepted.
With loving kindness,
Mahapajapati Bhikkhuni Sangha.