bhikshuni ordination

Teachings related to bhikshuni ordination. Posts include information on the process of becoming an ordained nun, the experience of living as a nun, and the history of bhikshuni ordination.

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Group of nuns in Taiwan during bhikshuni ordination ceremony.
Full Ordination for Nuns

Brief history of bhiksunis

Venerable Chodron provides a short history of the issues surrounding ordination for women.

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Living in Community

Questions and answers with monastics

A discussion on various topics of daily life in the community, applicants for ordination, the…

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Venerable Damcho smiling and holding one of the texts.
Life at Sravasti Abbey

No small thing: Encouragement from China

The Abbey celebrates the arrival of 32 volumes of the annotated edition of the Nanshan…

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Travels

Reflections from Asian teaching tour

Venerables Thubten Chodron and Thubten Damcho share their experience on a recent trip, traveling throughout…

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Full Ordination for Nuns

The bhikshuni sangha in the West and its future

The current situation, progress and future outlook for Buddhist nuns in the West. The status…

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Venerable Chodron signs a book for a Dharma student at Tibet House Frankfurt.
A Nun's Life

Interview with Tibetan Center Hamburg Magazine

The challenges of being a Buddhist nun in the West and what was learned from…

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A Nun's Life

Life as a Western Buddhist nun

What it means to live as a nun in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition in the…

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Group of monastics and laypeople practicing on Lama Tsongkhapa Day.
Becoming a Monastic

Q & A regarding ordination

A monastic aspirant is given advice on examining oneself for hidden negative motivations, and a…

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Tibetan nuns smiling.
Tibetan Tradition

Geshemas and bhikshuni ordination

Statements made by His Holiness the Dalai Lama during the Jangchup Lamrim teachings regarding bhikshuni…

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Closeup of a monastic's hand, a prayer book, and mala.
Becoming a Monastic

The importance of monastic training

Monastic life may be viewed as restrictive but actually offers freedom from distractions and freedom…

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Cover of The Controversy on Bhikkhuni Ordination.
Theravada Tradition

The controversy on bhikkhunī ordination

A detailed look at the arguments for and against the revival of bhikkhunī ordination in…

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