Buddhist Lectio Divina & Fire Horse Dhamma | Samaneri Jayasāra Q&A

In this session, Ajahn Nisabho and Ajahn Kovilo interview Samaneri Jayasāra of Viveka Hermitage, New South Wales, Australia. The conversation touched on such topics as rebelliousness in practice, ordination for females, Christianity and God, advice for householders, living as a 10-precept monastic, practice in the Goenka tradition, engagement versus hermeticism, lectio divina, and more.
For more information about Samaneri Jayasara and Viveka Hermitage, visit: vivekahermitage.com/
Samaneri Jayasāra's Biography:
Samaneri Jayasāra has studied and practised Buddhism and meditation in various capacities for over 35 years. She has a PhD and Master’s Degree in education, focusing on comparative spiritual traditions, Buddhism and psychotherapy. She has taught at secondary, undergraduate and post-graduate levels in psychology and counselling, and also worked as a trainer in mental health and crisis intervention in the welfare sector.
Jayasāra initially ordained as an anagarikā (8-precept nun) in the Theravada Forest Tradition in 2002, living at both Dhammasara monastery in Western Australia and at Amāravati and Cittaviveka monasteries in the UK for 2 years. She re-entered the monastic life as a samaneri (10-precept nun) in 2018 at Santi Forest Monastery, where she helped to maintain and further develop Santi as a monastery for female monastics.
In 2021, Jayasāra moved to Viveka Hermitage in southern NSW, to allow more focus on a growing online Dhamma project she had initiated, as well as to cultivate a more hermetic style of practice.
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