Reimagining Buddhist ethics in the world

A talk given during Sravasti Abbey's annual Exploring Monastic Life program in 2016.

  • How Khenpo Jigme Phuntsok, abbot of Lharung Gar monastery, has encouraged Tibetan nomads to practice ethical conduct
  • Ways that Westerners can practice ethics in their daily lives

Bhikshuni Thubten Jampa

Bhikshuni Thubten Jampa is from Hamburg, Germany. She took refuge in 2001. Bhikshuni Jampa studied politics and sociology for 5 years at the Humboldt-University in Berlin and received her master in Social Science in 2004. Afterwards she worked for the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) in Berlin till 2007 and for the Tibetan Center Hamburg from 2007-2011. She completed monastic training at Sravasti Abbey, USA from 2011-2022. Today she lives in Hamburg again as a fully ordained nun (Bhikshuni) and studies full-time at the Dharma College at the Tibetan Centre. She occasionally offers lectures, retreats, regular meditations and a study group at the Buddhist Society Hamburg and if requested at the Tibetan Centre, among other places. Bhikshuni Thubten Jampa is also involved in the Hamburg Buddhist Society (BGH).