Venerable Rev. Khanti Khema
History
From 1979-1992- Owner/Adminstrator for AAA Employment in Lynchburg- recruiting and training for 5 state area.
- UIBDS- Chairwoman
- Educational Material Development
- Editing of Books
- Teaching at the Columbo Sri Lanka University
- Ongoing online Meditation Student support
History
From 1979-1992- Owner/Adminstrator for AAA Employment in Lynchburg- recruiting and training for 5 state area.
- Began studies with Ven. Vimalaramsi in 2000- 13 years of study with Meditation and Study of Sutta texts.
- Developed the first website in 2003 and began support programs online for DSMC students
- Created and continue to teach Monthly online retreats to worldwide students since 2005 who then very often come in to attend onsite personal retreats at DSMC.
- 2005- 2007 toured most of the USA assisting Ven. Vimalaramsi to evaluate Buddhism in the USA.
- Took Novice Ordination Oct in 2006 ( will one day take higher ordination)
- Senior level student and began personally teaching in 2009
- Began creating online Foundation Training Manual in 2010 for students and student teachers. (ongoing)
- Taught abroad in 2011 two independent retreats in Indonesia.
- Shared interview support with Venerable Vimalaramsi retreats abroad 2009- 2012 Indonesia- S. Korea, Germany, and created support materials for 8 Retreats in Joshua Tree California and assisted students.
- Created Dependent Origination workshops first in 2010- made you tube film – 4,600 attending in 2 yrs.
- Studied at SIBA auditing Mater’s classes, in return I worked as an intern lecturer giving Sutta talks from the Majjhima Nikaya and SN about Meditation and Counseling. Enjoyed challenge of planning and teaching Dhamma.
- Taught Retreats in DSMC and in Ohio, Texas, and California.