Following Sujato's wishes, Santi became a bhikkhunī (Buddhist nun) vihara in 2012, and he returned to live in Bodhinyana Monastery.

[7] In 2019, Sujato moved to Sydney to establish Lokanta Vihara (the Monastery at the End of the World) with his long term student, Bhante Akaliko, to explore what it means to follow the Buddha's teachings in an era of climate change, globalised consumerism, and political turmoil.

[10] Sujato along with other scholars such as Brahm and Analayo[11] had come to the conclusion that there was no valid reason the extinct bhikkhuni order couldn't be re-established.

[1][12] The ordination ceremony led to Brahm's expulsion from the Thai Forest Lineage of Ajahn Chah.

Sujato however, was not deterred or intimidated by such a response, and, remaining faithful to his convictions that there was no reason the Bhikkhunī order should not be revived, went on to successfully found Santi Forest Monastery, and following Sujato's wishes, Santi has since flourished as a Bhikkhunī (Buddhist nun) monastery Vihara since 2012.