May 17, 2010

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A hand lighting a white candle.
Theravada Tradition

The five points

Taken from "Where We Are Now," a letter by Elders' Council of the Forest Sangha,…

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Group photo of sangha in theravada bhikshuni ordination in sravasti abbbey.
Theravada Tradition

Bhikkhunīs in Theravāda

Tracing the valid­ity of bhikkhunī ordin­a­tion within the Theravāda tradition, events through time and space,…

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Tibetan nuns seated in a prayer hall.
Tibetan Tradition

“I will do it”

The Seventeenth Gyalwang Karmapa steps up to address the issue of bhikshuni full ordination in…

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Hand in meditation position.
Full Ordination for Nuns

That was then, this is now

Why the eight heavy rules on the ordination of women need to be changed.

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Few nuns bowing.
Full Ordination for Nuns

The time has come

Exploring challenges faced by bhikkunis in obtaining full ordination and why a genuine dialogue between…

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Stages of the Path in the Guru Puja

The pratimoksha vows

The various types of individual liberation vows and clarifying some confusion about the meaning and…

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