How a Buddhist monk from Germany lost his adopted home in the Golden Land.
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The story of Melissa Coats is a tale of finding balances. It relates to navigating her identity, being half-white and half-Korean, and her practice, going back and forth between being a lay practitioner and Buddhist nun, in both secular and religious communities. Melissa’s journey has already been a long one for someone so young, and it is still unfolding.
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Sayalay Khanticari’s spiritual journey started in her native Colombia and branched throughout South America, and onward to India until eventually landing her in Burma. Vipassana retreats in the tradition of S.N. Goenka gave her the first taste of Dhamma, and these seeds have since taken root in the Golden Land, where she currently lives and practices as a Buddhist nun.
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