"And how does a lodging possess five factors?

Here, the lodging is neither too far from a place for alms nor too close, and it possesses a means for going and returning.

During the day it is not disturbed by people and at night it is quiet and still.

There is little contact with flies, mosquitoes, wind, the burning sun, and serpents.

One dwelling in that lodging can easily obtain robes, almsfood, lodging, and medicines and provisions for the sick. In that lodging elder bhikkhus are dwelling who are learned, heirs to the heritage,experts on the Dhamma, experts on the discipline, experts on the outlines. It is in this way that a lodging possesses five factors."

(Aṅguttara Nikāya 10.11 - Senāsana Sutta)

 

As a nunnery, Dhammanikhom stands in the ordination lineage of the Sri Lankan Bhikkhuni-Sangha (Dambulla Siam Mahanikaya).

Further nunneries in Europe in this lineage are not known.

But we are in close exchange with certain nunneries of different traditions. 

Comprehensive lists of further nunneries can be researched in the internet.

SRI Lanka

  • Sri Tusitaramaya, Panawala Road, Eheliyagoda, Sri Lanka (Theravada)

GERMANY

  • Kloster Hassel in Westerwald (Theravada)
    The Most Ven. Dhamma Mahatheri is the senior-most Theravada-Bhikkhuni in Germany. Foundation for stays in the nunnery is the traditional Buddhist training of mindfulness according to the Satipatthana-Sutta and the nunnery follows the tradition of hermits.
  • Chan-Kloster Wassermond in Schenkendöbern (Mahayana)
    The nunnery is headed by Ven. Shifu Simplicity, who lives in Miao-Fa center in Berlin. On site lives Ven. Bhikkhuni Vimalanyani, a Theravada-Bhikkhuni.