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Message: <blockquote data-quote="eranga_rama" data-source="post: 13422893" data-attributes="member: 85571"><img src="http://dmadmin.dailymirror.lk/media/images/main1%283%29.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Two ladies, one from Italy and the other from Germany, renounced the  worldly pleasures and entered the order at the Olabotuwa Khema Arya  Meditation Centre in Horana yesterday morning.Italian lady Juliana (32) had been a professor at the Dharma Drum  University in Thaiwan and the German lady Hedwig (42), a doctor before  they came to Sri Lanka to enter the order.<img src="http://dmadmin.dailymirror.lk/media/images/in1%2860%29.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Prof. Juliana entered the order as Ven. Ithaliye Dhammadinna and Dr.  Hedwig as Ven. Germaniye Vajira under the tutelage of Chief Incumbent of  the Olabotuwa Kehema Arya Meditation Centre Ven. Dr. Kolonnawe Kusuma  Bikkuni and Ven. Engalanthaye Wimalo Bikkuni.The two ladies who entered the order said they decided to enter the  order to practise mindfulness and right effort through the teachings of  the Buddha. They said they had been practising meditation since long and  that they were able to spend 4 to 5 hours in one posture. The two  Bhikkunis said their objective was to enter the path of Nirvana through  meditation that leads to right understanding.The ordaining ceremony was organised under the guidance of the founder  of the Sandaham Asapua, Parliamentarian Aturaliye Rathana Thera.  Devotees from several areas were present at the ceremony. (Buddhika Kumarasiri)<a href="http://www.dailymirror.lk/caption-story/21910-foreign-prof-a-doctor-ordained-as-bhikkunis.html" target="_blank">http://www.dailymirror.lk/caption-story/21910-foreign-prof-a-doctor-ordained-as-bhikkunis.html</a><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/happy.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Happy    :)" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/happy.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Happy    :)" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/happy.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Happy    :)" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/happy.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Happy    :)" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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