A Year-End Invitation to offer Dana in support of the Bhikkhuni Sangha

Season’s Greetings, Dhamma Friends!

As the year draws to a close, let us take a moment to reflect on the acts of loving-kindness and compassion we have shared throughout the past twelve months. As the Buddha reminds us, “May you be well, may you be peaceful, may you be happy.”

From all of us at the Dhammadharini Support Foundation, we send you a deep bow of gratitude for your remarkable support and generosity this year. Together with the Bhikkhuni Sangha, we extend our heartfelt metta for the new year ahead.

The holiday season is a time to embrace the joy of giving—the joy that comes from sharing our resources and creating a ripple of abundance and happiness for others. As the Buddha taught:

"With a confident heart, they give with wealth that is properly earned.
That householder holds a perfect hand on both counts:
welfare and benefit in this life and happiness in the next.
That is how, for a householder, merit grows by generosity."
— The Buddha, Numerical Discourses (AN 6:45)

It is a profound blessing to have the Bhikkhunis as part of our lives and community. Step by step, your support has been instrumental in the revival and restoration of the Fourfold Sangha and the strengthening of the Bhikkhuni Order.

As we bid farewell to 2024, I invite you to join me in making a final act of merit for the year—a final dana to send waves of loving-kindness to all beings. This is an opportunity to close the year with a proud and joyful heart, knowing you’ve supported the flourishing of the Sangha and its essential work.

I especially encourage you to consider setting up a monthly donation of any size. Regular dana offers stability for the monastics and helps the Support Foundation plan and carry out activities to sustain and grow the Sangha.

Thank you for your generosity and commitment to this path of giving and growth. Together, may we continue to create blessings for ourselves and for the samsāra.

With heartfelt gratitude and metta,
Upāsikā Nuchada (Nuchada Prypiroonrojn)

in faithful service to the Triple Gem and to the Bhikkhunī Sangha as Director of Development, Dhammadharini Support Foundation