Join us Sunday July 6th at Dhammadharini Monastery in Penngrove, San Francisco North Bay!
Registration and information: tinyurl.com/DhammaDay2025
"Dhamma Day" or "Dhammacakkappavattana Day" commemorates the Buddha's setting into motion the wheel of the Dhamma, teaching the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta. Dhamma Day is also known as "Asalha Puja" in Thailand and similarly "Esala Poya" in Sri Lanka, "Asalha" and "Esala" being the local names of this Indic lunar month. "Poya" means the "Uposatha" Day, a special fortnightly day of Buddhist observance, and "Puja" means "to honor".
The Buddhist monastic Bhikkhu & Bhikkhuni Sanghas formally enter the three months of the Vassa, the annual South Asian monsoon season retreat known as "the Rains" the day after the Dhamma Day Full Moon. On this day, leaders of our lay community who wish to pledge the offering of the Kathina "Robe of Merit" to the Bhikkhuni Sangha upon completion of the Vassa will formally make their pledge to the gathered Bhikkhuni Sangha, and will formally invite them to "Enter the Vassa", pledging their support. This invitation is called "Vassa Aradhana" or "Invitation to Enter the Vassa".
In 2025, our longtime friends and faithful supporters Dinesha and Buddhinie & Shamal have pledged to offer this support on Sunday July 6th 2025, leading up the the Dhamma Day full moon. Those have chosen Sunday July 6th as an ideal day to invite friends and families from near and far to join them in offering Sanghadana and Listening to the Buddha's Teaching on this Dhamma Day, remembering the great kindness and great wisdom of the Buddha. Everyone is warmly welcome to attend and to join in together.
This event will be held outdoors at our Dhammadharini Monastery in Penngrove.
Dinesha, Buddhinie, and Shamal, and the leaders of Dhammadharini Support Foundation, invite you to join together in supporting our Bhikkhuni Sangha Vassa this year. The traditional four requisites are food, lodgings, robes and medicine. You can support from near and far.
You may offer a financial donation, useful requisites, or join in volunteer service such as driving, gardening, or many other things.
You may also offer groceries and a hot meal to the community, or invite the sangha to come to your home or neighborhood for pindapat alms round. You may contact the monastery to learn more about any of these opportunities.
Also check out other Nonprofit events in Rohnert Park.
