Sister Thiên Lý
A nun in the Plum Village tradition, originally from Vietnam, born in 1988. She received the novice precepts on December 18, 2014, at the age of 26, with the Dharma name Tâm Liên Đài and the Dharma title Chân Trăng Thiên Lý (True Moon of a Thousand Miles). She belongs to the Cây Sồi Đỏ (Red Oak Tree) ordination family.
She received full ordination on February 22, 2019, in the Bây Giờ Ở Đây (Here and Now) Great Ordination Ceremony at The Nursery Monastery (Tu viện Vườn Ươm).
She is the 886th disciple of Thầy in the Plum Village lineage, the 43rd generation in the Lâm Tế (Linji) Zen tradition, and the 9th generation of the Liễu Quán Dharma branch.
Ordination Date
December 18, 2014
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