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Bhikkhuni Pannavati and others leaving the ordination ceremony.

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Venerable Pannavati Leaves Us-Updated

Venerable Pannavati Bhikkhuni, MahaTheri. I just received word that our Venerable Dr. Pannavati Karuna, Maha Theri, the abbot of Heartwood Refuge Monastery and the founder of the Correct Cultivation Learning from Buddha...

February 26, 2026

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Photo of DharmaVoci performing at the First Annual Buddhist Arts & Film Festival in Asheville, NC.

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Bodhi Fest, Asheville, NC, August 16, 2025

DharmaVoci performing at the First Annual Buddhist Arts & Film Festival in Asheville, NC. Venerable Pannavati Bhikkhuni, Maha Theri-Producer of Bodhi Fest. On September 27, 2024 the wind and rains from Hurricane...

September 19, 2025

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First Annual Buddhist Arts & Film Festval planned in Asheville, North Carolina on August 16, 2025

Bodhi Fest poster. Bodhi Fest, a Buddhist Arts and Film Festival, hosted by Heartwood Refuge, will be held at the Asheville Community Theater on August 16, 2025. Tickets are on sale now. The first annual Bodhi...

August 12, 2025

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Photo of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. , Washington D.C., January 19, 2012.

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English Sources of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III’s Dharma-REVISED

Download brochure on major Dharma teachings of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III with new links to those available in English.

August 2, 2025

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Photo of North Carolina Hurricane Helene recovery.

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Heartwood & Academy Updates-North Carolina

You have been asking me about what is happening with Pannavati and everyone at Heartwood in North Carolina. She tells me they are ok and just sent this newsletter update that includes some links for more. They were...

October 17, 2024

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Videos from the Office of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III

I just saw the following videos posted from the Office of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. I am sorry, but I have no English translation yet for the these, but from about minute 9:40 of the first video you will recognize...

February 27, 2023

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In Remembrance of the Life and Work of Ashin U Pannadipa, Thero (1940-2022)

Instead of a “memorial service”, Venerable Pannavati and others at the Heartwood Refuge in Hendersonville, North Carolina invited students and friends to visit Venerable Pannadipa the last few days before he left the...

May 21, 2022

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Heartwood Refuge and Retreat Center. The Heartwood Refuge and Retreat Center has a new video featuring an original song by its Co-Founder, Ven. Pannavati called “Sanctuary” that gives a very nice insight to...

March 17, 2021

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International Women’s Day

Zoom Version of OWABA Ceremony. The top half is the Certificate and flowers being offered to a proxy in North Carolina and the bottom is me on zoom in Sanger, California. I was honored today to receive one of the...

March 8, 2021

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Ven. Pannavati at Blessing of the Animals ceremony at the Heartwood Refuge and Retreat Center, May 2019.

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Video of Ven. Pannavati and Dharma Voci Choir at the Heartwood Retreat and Refuge Center in North Carolina

Bhikshunni Pannavati, Co-founder of the Heartwood Refuge and Retreat Center and much more, in Hendersonville, North Carolina brings her own style of music to her dharma talks and engages her local sangha in music as a...

January 12, 2020

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