About Saranaloka Foundation

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Saranaloka Board of Directors

Board of Directors, January 2010
Jill Boone, Wren Withers, Lisa Domitrovich, Jeanie Daskais,
Mark Sponseller, Janice Clark

Where We Began

Saranaloka Foundation was established in 2004 to support nuns from Chithurst and Amaravati monasteries in England to come to the United States to teach. Since that time, and numerous visits later, enthusiasm for the presence of women monastics has been tremendous and is the driving force behind an invitation to the nuns' community to set up a permanent monastery here in the United States.

Looking Ahead

With the blessing of the Forest Sangha monastic communities in Europe, an intention to establish a branch monastery for training women in the United States has been set. Three nuns, Ajahn Anandabodhi, Ajahn Metta and Ajahn Santacitta are in residence at Aloka Vihara in San Francisco with the intention of establishing a monastery in a more rural nearby setting in the coming years. In the meantime, plan to visit the vihara this winter for meditation, Dhamma talks, and offering the meal.

We hope you will join us in this historic effort to establish a training monastery for women as well as a place where both lay women and men will come to visit and practice.

Ways you can support this effort:

Please contact us if you are interested in helping with these endeavors.

Saranaloka has six members currently serving on its board; headquarters are in San Mateo, California.

Board Members:

Jill Boone, President and Chair, San Jose, California
Jeanie Daskais, Vice President, Sebastopol, California
Wren Withers, Secretary, San Rafael, California
Mark Sponseller, Treasurer, San Francisco, California
Janice Clark, Seattle, Washington
Lisa Domitrovich, San Francisco, California

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