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Sravasti Abbey is a Buddhist monastery in the Tibetan tradition established in October 2003 by Bhikshuni Thubten Chodron. It is situated on of forest and meadows, outside of Newport, Washington, near the Idaho state line. Sravasti Abbey is a training monastery and is open to visitors who want to learn about community life in a Tibetan Buddhist monastic setting. The name comes from the fact that during the Buddha's time, there had been both a community of nuns and a community of monks at Sravasti.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Why "Sravasti?" )〕 ==History== The Abbey’s founder, Bhikshuni Thubten Chodron, is an American who was ordained in 1977 by Kyabje Ling Rinpoche,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Abbess Thubten Chodron's Biography )〕 H.H. the Dalai Lama's senior tutor. She lived and studied in India and Nepal for many years, and her teachers include His Holiness the Dalai Lama,〔 Tsenzhab Serkong Rinpoche〔 and Thubten Zopa Rinpoche.〔 Under her guidance, Sravasti Abbey is bringing Western sensibilities to monastic life by having male and female monastics train together as equals, and by bringing social service as a key component of community life. At the same time, the Abbey cultivates the traditional Buddhist values of non-harming, mindfulness, compassion, inter-relatedness, respect for nature and service to all sentient beings. The Abbey has a monastic residence called Gotami House, named after Mahapajapati Gotami who was the first woman to request and receive ordination from Buddha Shakyamuni. There is also a residence for guest teachers and a guesthouse called Chenrezig Hall.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=2014 News About The Abbey )〕 On October 2, 2006, Jan Howell became the first person to ordain at Sravasti Abbey, taking her sramanerika (novice) and sikasamana (probationary) ordinations with Venerable Chodron as her preceptor in 2006.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Introducing Ven Thubten Tarpa )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Venerable Thubten Chodron, Founder and Abbess )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=U.S., European Buddhist nuns ordained in Taiwan )〕 The Abbey has regularly practiced posadha (the bi-monthly confession) since 2011.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Guest post: Sravasti Abbey nuns conduct first traditional, three-month monastic retreat ritual in Tibetan tradition in North America )〕 The Abbey is highly notable because it is home to a growing group of fully ordained bhikshuni (Buddhist nuns) practicing Buddhism in the Tibetan tradition. This is unique because the tradition of full ordination for women was not transmitted from India to Tibet.〔 Elsewhere, ordained women practicing in the Tibetan tradition hold an ordination that is, in effect, a novice ordination. Venerable Thubten Chodron, while faithfully following the teachings of her Tibetan teachers, has arranged for her students to seek full ordination as bhikshunis in Taiwan. As of 2014, there are ten nuns at the Abbey, seven of which are bhikshunis. In January 2014, the community of seven bhikshunis and three novices formally began their first winter varsa (three-month monastic retreat), which lasted until April 13, 2014. 〔 As far as the community knows, this is the first time a Western bhikshuni sangha practicing in the Tibetan tradition has done this ritual in the United States and in English.〔 On April 19 the Abbey held its first kathina ceremony to mark the end of the retreat. 〔 In October 2015 the 21st Annual Western Buddhist Monastic Gathering was held at the Abbey for the first time. In November 2015 the Abbey purchased their neighbor's property and named it Tara’s Land. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sravasti Abbey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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