The First American Sangha
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first five disciples to leave the home-life under the Venerable Master
were ordained in Taiwan. Also seen in this photo are Taiwanese
laypeople who made offerings to the Sangha. |
In 1968, the Shurangama Study and Practice Summer Session
was held, and over thirty students from the University of Washington in
Seattle came to study the Buddhadharma. After the session was
concluded, five young Americans
[Bhikshus Heng Chyan, Heng Jing, and Heng Shou, and Bhikshunis Heng Yin
and Heng Ch'ih] requested permission to shave their heads and leave the
home-life, marking the beginning of the Sangha in the history of
American Buddhism.
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