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Spring greetings from the Parayana Vihara community as we emerge from Winter Retreat and share exciting news and info about upcoming programs….

The Pārāyana Vihāra monastic community have settled into their winter meditation retreat, so this month’s newsletter is coming from us, the members of the Pārāyana Vihara Board….

As we enter our winter retreat, Jan 15 – March 18, there are a few things we would like to let you know.
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Happy New Year dear friends! The New Year offers an opportunity to put energy into what is meaningful and fulfilling, planting the seeds of our good aspirations for the time ahead….

Parayana Vihara carried on the tradition of the Saranaloka New Year Retreat in Applegate, CA under the theme “An Invitation to Simplicity and Letting Go.”…

On Dec. 7, a beautiful gathering took place at the Port Townsend Community Center to support Parayana Vihara and the growing bhikkhuni sangha in the Pacific Northwest….

Read the November newsletter about the first bhikkhuni ordination of Ven. Silananda, Ven. Anandabodhi presiding as a preceptor for the first time, the prospering of Parayana Vihara…

For the first time, four bhikkhunis gathered at Parayana Vihara to perform the uposatha ceremony and recite the monastic precepts….

Read the October 2025 newsletter here……

Read the September 2025 newsletter here……