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 receiving an offering after a teaching at Maitripa.
Monastic Life

Right livelihood for the sangha in the 21st century

How the sangha practices the Dharma will have a deep impact on the survival of…

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HH Dalai Lama placing a khata over Venerable Thubten Chodron.
Full Ordination for Nuns

Dark matter

Examining the complexity of the issue of bhikkhuni ordination: different views and lineages of the…

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Statue of Guanyin.
Full Ordination for Nuns

Chinese bhikshuni ordination

Brief history of the Chinese vinaya lineage, bhikshuni ordination and the guidelines for consulting other…

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Ven. Yeshe and other nuns in a Buddhist Monastic Gathering.
Theravada Tradition

Ordination of nuns by monks

Scriptural references in the Pali canon on the bhikshuni ordination procedure.

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A tibetan nun praying.
Full Ordination for Nuns

Principles to be respected

A comprehensive essay on the eight garudhammas, the rules concerning bhikkhunis' conduct in their social…

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His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama
Tibetan Tradition

Women—part of the basis

HHDL about the importance of full ordination for women, the study of scriptures by women…

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A group of young novice Buddhist nuns in prayer.
Theravada Tradition

The revival of bhikkhunī ordination in the Theravāda...

Legal and moral issues involved in the revival of the Theravāda Bhikkhunī Sangha.

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A group photo of novices.
Exploring Monastic Life 2007

The hindrances to ordaining

Ordination provides a direction for spiritual yearning, something very pure inside of us.

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Happy tibetan nuns.
Full Ordination for Nuns

Bhikshuni vinaya and ordination lineages

A summary report by Alex Berzin of the 2007 International Congress on the Women's Role…

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Venerable Jampa Tsedroen, a chief organizer of the The First International Congress on Buddhist Women’s Role in the Sangha in Hamburg, Germany.
Full Ordination for Nuns

Women in the sangha

Reflections on the First International Congress on Buddhist Women’s Role in the Sangha in Hamburg,…

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Audience at the The First International Congress on Buddhist Women’s Role in the Sangha in Hamburg, Germany.
Full Ordination for Nuns

Full ordination for women

An interview with Buddhadharma about full ordination for women and the conference in Hamburg 2007.

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His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
Tibetan Tradition

Bhikshuni ordination in the Tibetan tradition

Support of the establishment of bhikshuni ordination in the Tibetan tradition.

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