Thanissara
Bio: Thanissara is Anglo-Irish and originally from London. She trained in the Thai Forest Tradition of Ajahn Chah for 12 years as a Buddhist nun. With Kittisaro, her husband and teaching partner, she has taught meditation retreats internationally since 1992. In 2000 they founded Dharmagiri Insight Meditation Centre on the border of South Africa and Lesotho - http://www.dharmagiri.org - and helped initiate, fund, and guide several AIDS response projects in KwaZulu Natal. Currently they support Kulungilekids.org Thanissara has an MA in Mindfulness Psychotherapy Practice from the UK, and is a core teacher at Insight Meditation Society, MA, and affiliated teacher at Spirit Rock Meditation Center, CA, USA. She is co-author with Kittisaro of Listening to the Heart, A Contemplative Guide to Engaged Buddhism, author of Time To Stand Up, A Buddhist Manifesto for Our Earth, and of two poetry books, Heart of the Bitter Almond Hedge Sutra, and Garden of the Midnight Rosary. She lives in the Bay area, and spends time each year in South Africa, teaching and supporting Dharmagiri.
Such meaningful and mindful writing, thought-provoking but positive. I so appreciate these blogs. Thank you.
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The article’s (10/3) message is clear and profound. Thank you. Am enjoying the ecosatva training and Time to Stand Up. Feeling hopeful because of the people I’m meeting, wisdom I’m hearing, love that’s radiating. I deeply bow to everyone and everything.
robert
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thanks robert – glad you are enjoying the ecosattva training and the book – yes, staying hopefully, in the midst of everything, feels important.
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