Ven. Jitindriya was born in Sydney, Australia in 1963. While studying art at
college, she became more deeply interested in spiritual questions and
investigating the nature of perception and consciousness. After graduating with
a Diploma in Visual Art and working for a couple of years, 'the search' took the
form of travel through South-East Asia, India and Europe. While living and
working in England in 1987, she became seriously interested in meditation and
the teachings of the Buddha. Feeling a strong connection with the community at
Amaravati Buddhist Monastery and the teachings of Ajahn Chah and Ajahn Sumedho,
she decided to live and practice in the way of the monastic Sangha there. She
took Anagarika (Eight-precept) ordination in 1988 and Siladhara (Ten-precept)
ordination in 1990. After living & training in the monasteries in England,
as well as spending some time in Australia, a growing need to spend more time
alone to focus on and develop the formal practice of meditation has brought her
to Abhayagiri, where she has been offered the opportunity to do an extended
period of solitary retreat.