Bhikkhuni Sobhana, "Western Bhikkhuni Sangha's First Meeting," Bhavana News, Winter 2008, p. 3 ("Our meeting was. . . unique and historic because it was the very first time that Theravadan bhikkhunis gathered together to do acts of Sangha-kamma anywhere outside of Asia. Some consider that this event marks the actual establishment of the Theravada bhikkhuni sangha in America.") http://www.bhavanasociety.org/pdfs/BhavanaNewsletter_Winter_08.pdfArchived 2011-07-25 at the Wayback Machine
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Ven. Ayya Tathaaloka Bhikkhuni, quoted by Roseanne Freese, "Turning Back Towards Freedom
November 2007: The First Recitation of the Bhikkhuni Patimokkha within the Theravada Bhikkhuni Lineage in North America", Present, Winter 2011, Vol. 4, Issue 1, p. 32, "Archived copy"(PDF). Archived from the original(PDF) on 2011-04-26. Retrieved 2011-03-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
Bhikkhuni Sobhana, "Western Bhikkhuni Sangha's First Meeting," Bhavana News, Winter 2008, p. 3 ("Our meeting was. . . unique and historic because it was the very first time that Theravadan bhikkhunis gathered together to do acts of Sangha-kamma anywhere outside of Asia. Some consider that this event marks the actual establishment of the Theravada bhikkhuni sangha in America.") http://www.bhavanasociety.org/pdfs/BhavanaNewsletter_Winter_08.pdfArchived 2011-07-25 at the Wayback Machine
Ven. Ayya Tathaaloka Bhikkhuni, quoted by Roseanne Freese, "Turning Back Towards Freedom
November 2007: The First Recitation of the Bhikkhuni Patimokkha within the Theravada Bhikkhuni Lineage in North America", Present, Winter 2011, Vol. 4, Issue 1, p. 32, "Archived copy"(PDF). Archived from the original(PDF) on 2011-04-26. Retrieved 2011-03-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
