Our History

▪Feb 18: 1st Regular General Assembly – Enactment of Association Rules, and Selection of Executives
▪Mar 15: Short-term Retreat in Jingwansa Temple
▪Oct 1: Registration as a non-profit private organization under the Seoul Culture and Tourism Ministry
▪Oct 18 – 19: Mother-Daughter Retreat in Banyasa Temple, Yeongdong
▪Oct 26: Healing Concert by Banai Nagao, a musician from Taiwan
▪Dec 19: Sakaydhita Korea’s Year-End Party – “Shabam Shabam”
▪Oct 11 – Feb 28, 2015 (Biweekly): Sakyadhita Korea’s 4th Global Empowerment Program (G.E.P.), co-hosted with Korea Buddhist Women’s Development Institute

▪Feb 28: 2^nd Regular General Assembly
▪Apr 3 – May 8: Learning how to self-practice awareness and mindfulness with Ven. Hyeongyeon Sunim
▪Jun 20: Prayer Gathering for the safe return of Sakydhita participants of the World Buddhist Women’s Conference, and a special lecture by Professor Waesuk Kim
▪Jun 23 – Jul 3: Participation in the 14^th Sakyadhita Conference – Yogyakarta, Indonesia (total of 50 participants from Korea)
▪Jul 18: 14^th Sakyadhita Conference Memorial Service
▪Sep 19: Talk Concert with Bhikkhuni Sunims
▪Oct 2 – 4: Body-based Meditation Trip led by Jaema Sunim
▪Dec 11 – 13: Reading and Sentence Correction Meeting for the Publication of Thesis Books
▪Dec 18 - Sakaydhita Korea’s Year-End Party – “Shabam Shabam”

2013 – 2015: First Publication of the Annual Report

▪Feb 27: 3^rd Regular General Assembly
▪Mar 5 – May 28: Sakyadhita Korea’s 5^th Global Empowerment Program (G.E.P.)
▪Apr 9 – Sep 10: Ven. Iljoong Sunim’s special lectures on meditation (The Theory and Practice of the Four Kinds of Mindfulness)
▪Jul 2-3: G.E.P.’s 5^th Temple Stay in Hwaeomsa Temple in Gurye
▪Aug 17, 20: Julie Sormark‘s English Pronunciation Workshop
▪Aug 30: Publication of “Feminism and Leadership in Buddhism”
▪Oct 8: Fall Special Lecture, “What’s Up with Men?” (The difference in mindset between men and women)
▪Oct 12 – Dec 14: Ven. Haeyeon Sunim’s special lectures on meditation (Mindfulness Meditation)
▪Nov 1 – Dec 30: Overseas Buddhism Information Website Establishment Project
▪Nov 2 – Feb 28, 2017: Thesis Translation Training for the 15^th Sakyadhita Hong Kong Conference
▪Dec 17: Sakaydhita Korea’s Year-End Party – “Shabam Shabam”

▪Feb 25: 4^th Regular General Assembly
▪Mar 17-18: Pilgrimage to Unmunsa Temple
▪May 20: Part 1 of the 15^th Sakyadhita World Buddhist Women’s Convention Orientation
▪Jun 3-4: Part 2 of the 15^th Sakyadhita World Buddhist Women’s Convention Orientation
▪Jun 22-30: Participation in the 15^th Sakyadhita Convention’s Participation in Hong Kong (total of 126 participants from Korea)
▪Jul 14: Follow-up and briefing sessions upon return from the Hong Kong conference
▪Aug 5 – Sep 24: G.E.P.’s translation and interpretation intensive training
▪Sep 14-18: Early Fall visit to Taiwanese Buddhist temples
▪Sep 1, 2017 – Jul 31, 2018: World Buddhist Information Website Establishment Project
▪Nov 18: 1^st Sakyadhita Korea Forum at Gaeshimsa Temple in Daejeon
▪Dec 2 – 6: Visit to Dhammasathan Temple in Thailand
▪Dec 16: 2^nd Sakyadhita Korea Forum at Buddhist Women’s Development Institute
▪Dec 16: Sakaydhita Korea’s Year-End Party – “Shabam Shabam”

▪Feb 21 – 22:  Visiting Cheonjinam Temple
▪Feb 28:  5^th Regular General Assembly
▪Mar 17 – Jun 30: Sakyadhita Korea’s 6^th Global Empowerment Program (G.E.P.)
▪Apr 28: 3^rd Sakyadhita Korea Forum
▪May 26: 4^th Sakyadhita Korea Forum
▪Jul 14: Symposium Presenters’ Discussion Meeting
▪Sep 2017 – Aug 2018: World Buddhist Information Website Establishment Project
▪Sep 14 – Present: 2^nd and 4^th week of each month, Translation and Interpretation Action Team activity (6^th G.E.P.’s Follow-up Program)
▪Oct 13: 5^th Sakyadhita Korea Forum
▪Nov 3: Symposium on “A New Horizon of Buddhism – Women Moving Forward with New Challenges”
▪Dec 15: 6^th Sakyadhita Korea Forum
▪Dec 15: Sakaydhita Korea’s Year-End Party – “Shabam Shabam”