Bhiksuni Dr. Bich Lien

USA

Bhiksuni Dr. Bich Lien

USA

Bhiksuni Dr. Bich Lien is diligent and brilliant! She was born in Phu Quoc Island, Vietnam and came to the USA as a child. She established herself with dignity and beauty. She began to share her cultural pride in 1986 in Kansas and won the Traditional Vietnamese Dress Award. By 2012 she won the USA Miss Asia International Competition honoring the beauty, talent, wisdom and traditional cultural values of thousands of competitors from 58 countries.

During this period, she created international cosmetics companies EV Princess, BL Miracle, and Herbs EV, with distribution to 15 nations, as well as, beauty salons. Her diligence as a Woman Entrepreneur earned her the respect of American Presidents: George W. Bush and Barack Obama who both invited her to events at the White House.

Next, she established the Bich Lien Charity Foundation to empower Vietnamese people in both the USA and Vietnam who are facing hunger, poverty, or difficulties.

At the pinnacle, she could see far and wide and decided in February of 2015 to go forth as a Buddhist monastic. She noted on that day, "All the glories of the world cannot compare to the wonderful Dharma which uniquely brings true happiness to our lives."

Bhiksuni Bich Lien departed for Sri Lanka to continue her education and after 4 years of arduous doctoral studies, she was granted her Ph.D. in Buddhism, the first Vietnamese-American and the first Bhikkhuni on the island of Sri Lanka to do so.

She is the Founder of the Lotus International Meditation Center in southern California and the Senior Advisor and Director of International Affairs at Minh Dang Quang Temple in Los Angeles, California.

She established and serves as the President and Director of the International Buddhist Bhikkhuni Congregation. Regardless of race or nationality, she created the possibility of connecting young nuns around the world with each other, so that they may listen to each other and share about monastic life. It convened its first meeting in 2020.

Her last wish is continued business success to support non-profit community events. Bhiksuni Dr. Bich Lien walks along the Bodhisattva Path!