Namo Sakyamuni Buddha.
Dear Venerable Bhikkhuni Giới Hương,
I hear that Bhikkhuni Giới Hương settled down in United States (in September 2015) and from that day has been working very hard, learning at a university, visiting prisons, setting up temples, raising nuns, leading pilgrims in other countries, teaching Buddhism, writing books, making poems, and so on. I am very happy to see that she is one of the nuns who are engaged in society actively for Buddhism overseas. Praise her deeds!
I have invited her a few times to come to An Lạc Temple, San Jose, to lead a retreat and teach Buddhism. Buddhist followers at An Lac Pagoda love it because she preaches very simply and practically in life. She gives many actual examples to help Buddhists, who can then approach and understand numerous problems and difficult topics. In 2017, she also invited me to Hương Sen Pagoda to attend the Buddha's Birthday Ceremony and to be the Most Venerable Bhikkhuni Master leading the Samaneri, Bodhisattva Precepts, and the Five Precept Ordinations for nearly one hundred people. On August 30, 2019, she and I, together with many other nuns in California side by side, organized the first Memorial Ceremony of Nun Patriarch Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī. The ceremony successfully marked this historic women's event in the United States. Hopefully, we will continue to maintain it each year. I hope that she with all nuns in America will remember it in order to maintain and develop the nun’s sangha, because I was old and weak now.
Tathagata’s disciples execute his missions
Succeeding him to share sacred Buddhism
Fulfilling the role of pedagogical teachers
to open the intellectual stores
Connecting the lineage of the holy path leading beings.
On the occasion of commemorating the collection of writings, Forty Years in the Dharma: A Life of Study and Service—Venerable Bhikkhuni Giới Hương, I wish that she and all her disciple nuns who live in her temple have good fortune and integrity, always keep the beautiful images of the descendants of Nun Patriarch Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī, and also always have good support for the main hall construction to be completed, as desired.
Namo Nun Patriarch Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī proved.
An Lạc Pagoda, San Jose, November 24, 2019
Chief Nun’s Sangha, The Most Venerable Nguyên Thanh
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Venerable Bhikkhuni Nguyên Thanh in center (with a yellow hat)
with all nuns at Hương Sen Pagoda on May 21, 2017
Venerable Bhikkhuni Nguyên Thanh (center, hands wearing blue chain)
with nuns chanting outdoors in the courtyard of Hương Sen Pagoda
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