Ordination and Teaching
In 1999, Ayya Sudhamma became a samaneri or female Buddhist novice, at the Bhavana Society, under the tutelage of Bhante Gunaratana. In early 2003, she traveled to South Asia, where she became the first American-born woman to gain Theravada bhikkhuni ordination in Sri Lanka.
In July 2003, she returned to the United States at the invitation of the Carolina Buddhist Vihara, in Greenville, SC, where she resides and teaches.
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