Sister Jayati
Sister Jayati was born in England in 1974. She first encountered the Buddha’s teachings at the age of twelve while attending a retreat with the F.W.B.O.(Friends of the Western Buddhist Order). She felt a deep sense of resonance with the teachings on Metta and made a commitment to cultivating this in her life.
Since 1986 she has continued attending retreats and developing a meditation practice which increasingly became the most important reference point in her life. This eventually led to her decision to ordain as a novice nun at Amaravati Monastery in 2007, in order to fully devote her energy to the practice. After spending three and a half years in training at Amaravati and Chithurst Monasteries she made an initial visit to Aloka Vihara. She subsequently decided to join Ayya Anandabodhi and Ayya Santacitta in the work of developing a Theravadan Buddhist Monastic community for women.
In May 2011 she respectfully took leave of the Siladhara Sangha in England and began the process of moving to the USA.
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