My Dearest Master,
In 2010, I was blessed to know you after my family experienced tragedy when my late husband passed away. Since meeting you, you have been a great master in guiding me down the path to the Buddha, leaving secular habits behind. From the bottom of my heart, I truly thank you for bringing my spirit great joy, leading me from low to high stairs, from the five precepts of the laywoman to the ten precepts of a samaneri and become your first nun disciple in California. Later I kept going to receive six rules of a śiksamànà, and up to the 348 precepts of a bhikkhuni. In 2017, I was able to join the nuns’ Sangha for the summer retreat and learn the Vinaya.
My soul has become stronger and free from any stress from daily life. I thank you, Master, for this amazing opportunity to walk this path with you as a Buddhist nun, sharing duties with you in constructing the old Hương Sen Temple (on Fir Avenue, Moreno Valley) and the present Hương Sen Temple (on Seaton Avenue, Perris).
May the Buddha bless our journey to liberation, for success in the end.
Hương Sen Temple, November 10, 2019
Bowing three times,
Disciple Bhikkhuni Viên Chân
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Bhikkhuni Viên An, Bhikkhuni Viên Chân, Master Giới Hương,
The Most Venerable Minh Hồi, Ven. Bảo Liên, and her nun disciple (from left)
Bhikkhuni Viên Chân (third with a leaf hat), Master Giới Hương,
The Most Ven. Tịnh Từ, and nuns, at Hương Sen Temple, in 2017
Bhikkhuni Viên Chân (mixing cement).
Rev. Thiền Đức and Ven. Bhikkhuni Giới Hương
making the walking path with lotus leaves
Please read articles and view all photos: 4.5.A_first_nun_disciple_in_California-_SC_Vien_Chan.pdf
