• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Madison Insight Meditation Group

A Theravada Buddhist Community in Madison, Wisconsin

  • About Us
  • NEWS!
  • Retreats
  • Activities
    • Calendar
    • Weekly Meditation Sessions
    • Half-Day Meditations
    • Monthly and Other Activities
    • Meditation Classes
  • Talks, Blog, Newsletters, Links
    • Retreat Media Index
    • Blog
    • Newsletters
    • Links
      • Meditation and Theravada Buddhism
      • Audio and Print Resources
      • Monasteries and Meditation Centers
  • Local Groups

Archives for April 2017

Becoming a Bhikkhuni and the Dhamma of Perseverance

This interview with Ayya Medhanandi was conducted in 2013. It offers a superb introduction to the history and the revival of the bhikkhuni order.

We are truly on the cusp of a wonderful new era. I see the changes as historical for both Theravada Buddhist monasticism and the outreach of the Buddha’s teachings in western society. The Buddha said that when a person native to the country in which the Dhamma teachings are introduced becomes a monastic, then the Dhamma will truly begin to take root there. That is now happening around the world, including here in Canada. So compared to how things were 25 years ago when I first ordained, the Theravada monastic landscape for women is remarkably transformed…
Continue reading article

Primary Sidebar

How to Stay Informed…

Join Our MailChimp List
To stay informed of our events, news, and receive notification of when registration for retreats opens complete the form below and click “subscribe”.

* indicates required




I’d like to receive notices about


Visit Our Facebook Page 
Visit the Madison Insight Meditation Group page on Facebook, “like” us, and also let us know what you think of our activities, or if you have ideas for how we should use Facebook.

Contact Us
You can reach us by email at madisonmeditation@gmail.com

Copyright © 2021 Madison Vipassana, Inc. | Site by Go Studio Web