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This page provides a simple browsing interface for finding entities described by a property and a named value. Other available search interfaces include the page property search, and the ask query builder.

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• Chonyi, T.  + (Ven.+Thubten+Chonyi+began+attending+classe … Ven.+Thubten+Chonyi+began+attending+classes+with+Venerable+Thubten+Chodron+at+Dharma+Friendship+Foundation+in+Seattle+in+1996+and+has+practiced+steadily+under+Venerable%E2%80%99s+guidance+ever+since.%0A%0AShe+was+a+founder+of+Friends+of+Sravasti+Abbey%2C+which+formed+in+2003+to+support+Ven.+Chodron%E2%80%99s+dream+to+start+a+monastery.+She+moved+to+the+Abbey+in+2007+and+took+%C5%9Br%C4%81ma%E1%B9%87erik%C4%81+and+%C5%9Bik%E1%B9%A3am%C4%81%E1%B9%87%C4%81+precepts+in+May+2008.+See+photos+of+her+ordination.%0A%0AAlong+with+Ven.+Jigme%2C+Ven.+Chonyi+received+bhikshuni+%28full%29+ordination+at+Fo+Guang+Shan+temple+in+Taiwan+in+2011.+See+the+photos.%0A%0AAt+the+Abbey%2C+Ven.+Chonyi+is+involved+with+publicity+and+inviting+generosity.+She+also+shares+Buddha%E2%80%99s+teachings+at+the+Abbey%2C+online%2C+and%2C+occasionally%2C+at+Buddhist+centers+in+the+US+and+abroad.+She+has+co-taught+meditation+and+Buddhist+ideas+at+the+Unitarian+Universalist+Church+of+Spokane+for+13+years%2C+and+especially+enjoys+interfaith+exchange+and+bringing+Buddhist+values+into+social+justice+issues.%0A%0AVen.+Chonyi%E2%80%99s+formal+education+was+in+theatre+at+Wesleyan+College+in+Macon%2C+GA.+She+worked+for+many+years+as+a+performer%2C+publicist%2C+fundraiser%2C+and+producer+in+the+performing+arts.+As+a+Reiki+teacher+and+practitioner+for+19+years%2C+she+co-founded+two+Reiki+centers+and+the+Reiki+AIDS+Project%2C+and+led+classes+and+workshops+in+Europe+and+North+America.+She+was+communications+director+for+the+international+The+Reiki+Alliance+and+served+eight+years+as+Managing+Editor+for+%27%27Reiki+Magazine+International%27%27.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fsravastiabbey.org%2Fcommunity-member%2Fthubten-chonyi%2F+Source+Accessed+May+16%2C+2023%5D%29yi%2F+Source+Accessed+May+16%2C+2023%5D%29)