From a royal court to
a sacred shore,
one woman carried a living
symbol of awakening.
Sanghamitta,
daughter of Emperor Ashoka,
grew amid counsel,
ceremony,
and the quiet discipline of
the Dhamma.
In those marble halls,
she learned compassion as
duty,
wisdom as service,
and courage as stillness.
When the call came,
she took vows,
not jewels;
purpose,
not power.
With a sapling from the
Bodhi Tree,
she crossed the sea to
Lanka,
answering a queen’s wish and
opening a path for women
to seek liberation.
Her legacy endures—in roots
that took hold at
Anuradhapura,
in the lineage of
bhikkhunis,
and in every voice that
finds clarity through the
teachings preserved in Pali.