Forty Years in the Dharma: A Life of Study and Service - Venerable Bhikkhuni GiớiHương. Editorial Board of Hương Sen Temple.Xpress Print. USA. 2020

… In order to summarize more systematically forty years in practice and
service to the Dharma of Bhikkhunī Giới Hương, we see highlights that can
become lessons for following generations:
1. Having a solid foundation in the early stages of ordained life
2.Focusing on spiritual cultivation
3.The merit from building monasteries
4. Contributing to creating harmony in the Sangha
5.The role of converting nun disciples and laypeople
6.Setting an example and creating conditions for nuns in the United States
7.Integrating with the local culture and engaging in social welfare activities
8.Depending on invariant grace in using the musician’s skillful means for
propagation
9.Exemplary virtue, obeying the eight respectful rules specifically for nuns
10.Dedicated wholeheartedly to missionary activities to benefit beings
In short, the value of life does not rely on how long we live but how to live
for the benefit for others—what have we contributed to life? After fifty-six years of
human life and forty years of monastic life, she has dedicated her life to Buddhism
through so many products and accomplishments, which many people in life have
not been able to match today. Her image is an endless source of inspiration for
students (student life), unfortunates (miserable prisoners), teachers, preachers,
abbesses, writers, poets, musicians, Buddhist masses, and subsequent generations. I
congratulate Ven. Bhikkhuni Giới Hương on making a book of collected writings,
Forty Years in the Dharma: A Life of Study and Service—this is not a time to be
proud, complacent, and boastful, but a time for self-reflection, to draw more from
her lessons and experiences to share with those in similar situations or about to
step on such journeys.

Lotus scent spreading everywhere
The will to save beings immovable
Forty years even, reflect back
Lotus step by step, making life beautiful. . .

(Spreading lotus flavor - Venerable Thích Đồng Trí)