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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Venerable Thubten Chodron Ordination lineages
How ordination is different in the three living Buddhist traditions, and why the path to…
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Bhikkhu Anālayo The legality of bhikkhunī ordination
Looking at the legal issues surrounding the revival of full ordination for nuns.
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Venerable Jampa Tsedroen Ordination of buddhist nuns
Progress on the revival of Mūlasarvāstivāda bhikṣuṇī ordination.
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Siksamana and bhikshuni ordinations
Explaining different level of nun ordination in various Buddhist tradition.
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Trip to India
Venerable Thubten Chodron talks about her trip to India and the precious opportunity to meet…
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Venerable Thubten Damcho How precious is monastic community
The conditions for a stable monastic community, where beginners can train, are extremely rare and…
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Monasticism meeting modernity
With Buddhism going global, different cultures and values might influence how we apply the precepts…
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Teachings in Singapore
Venerable Thubten Chodron speaks about her upcoming trip to Asia and talks about teaching schedule…
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Building community the monastic way
Monastics of different traditions discussed the importance of harmonious community life and ways in which…
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Women in Buddhism: Levels of ordination
Working towards gender equality in Western Buddhism: bringing up issues respectfully.
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The meeting of Sri Lankan and Tibetan monks
Theravada and Mahayana leaders exchanging ideas in Dharamsala, 1990.
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