Vihara Moving Q and A

Q & A

on the Move

to the Bodhi House

Q: Will "Dhammadharini" cease to exist?
A: No, both the women's monastic residence at the Bodhi House and the Aranya Bodhi hermitage on the Sonoma Coast are Dhammadharini projects. "Dhammadharini" is the name of the umbrella support organization - a religious non-profit in the State of California. Only the Vihara at its current location will cease to exist.
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Q: Will you still have rent at the Bodhi House as at the current Vihara location?
A: No, the space has been very generously offered to us rent-free, which will reduce our expenses by more than half -- about $1400/month. We will however still have just under $1000/month in basic expenses including minimal medical insurance for the monastics, gas and car insurance, phone... whether we are at Aranya Bodhi hermitage or in town at the Bodhi House... your regular or special donations will still be very much essential and helpful for our women's monastic community's continuation, wellbeing and development.
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Q: Can i still make out a check to "Dhammadharini"?
A: Certainly. If you have a special wish about how your donation is used, just write it in the memo column, ie: "for monastic medical care," "for the hermitage project" or "for whatever is most useful".
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Q: Will we be still able to visit the monastics at the Bodhi House?
A: Yes, definately! There are plans for a weekly meditation group there and you can come to offer lunch dana, to meditate together, or to see, meet and speak with the monastic women at the Bodhi House as you did at the Vihara.
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Q: Will there be an opening blessing or Open House for the new place?
A: We will most probably have both after getting moved in, perhaps around Vesaka in the beginning of May...
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If you have any further questions, welcome to call us at the Vihara: (510) 791-2331, email or come by.