Saturday online meeting with Ayyā Somā.
We warmly invite you to a special online meeting with Ayyā Somā.
This is a unique opportunity to meet a teacher who combines deep Dhamma practice with the experience of living in the West and in Italy.
Ayyā Somā is an Italian Buddhist nun and co-founder, together with Bhante Suddhāso (Ayya), of Empty Cloud Monastery in New Jersey (USA).
She grew up in Italy and later moved to New York, where she developed a career as a fashion and lifestyle editor. Her first deeper encounter with Buddhist monasticism took place at Santacittārāma Monastery in Italy, in the tradition of Ajahn Chah. A turning point on her spiritual path was meeting Bhante Suddhāso in 2015.
In 2016, she began living a renunciant life; in 2018, she received monastic ordination; and in 2020, she received full bhikkhunī ordination. Earlier, as a lay practitioner, she co-founded Buddhist Insights in New York, supporting the development of the community and connections between laypeople and monastics.
In recent years, due to family circumstances, she has been spending part of her time again in Italy, where she recognized a growing interest in the Dhamma and the need for a monastery. She is currently working with others on the project of establishing Empty Cloud Italia — a monastery in southern Italy, planned on a forested property.
We invite everyone — both beginners and experienced practitioners.
Join us and spend this time in the spirit of mindfulness and mettā.
We also recommend the teachings of Ayyā Somā available on the YouTube channels: “Empty Cloud Italia” “Buddhist Insights @ Empty Cloud”
MEETING:
Saturday / 04.04.2026
Time: 9:30 AM (Polish time)
If there is any topic or issue you would like to raise, please be sure to let us know by email or via the contact form.
Please install the Zoom application in advance: (https://zoom.us/)
The meeting is free of charge and will be interpreted into Polish.
If possible, we kindly ask you to turn on your camera (to support a sense of community) and to mute your microphones during the session.
A “waiting room” will be active — no password is required.
SEE YOU ON SATURDAY!