There are many ways to consider one’s desire to ordain. Motivation is the most important factor.
Tag Archives | Buddhist nuns
A nun’s lifestyle
The lifestyle of a Buddhist nun or monk is based on Buddhist values of compassion, service, and spiritual practice.
Guided by bodhicitta to create an energy field for common good
An interview with Dharma Drum Humanity Magazine, in which Venerable Chodron talks about her early experiences being a monastic and the founding of the Abbey.
以願導航 創造共善能量場
法鼓山讓《人生》雜誌採訪圖丹卻准法師，談論她早期出家和創始舍衛精舍的經歷。
The future is up to us
A participant in Sravasti Abbey’s recent Living Vinaya course considers how the monastic tradition contributes to the Dharma in the West.
Sravasti Abbey hosts “Living Vinaya in the West”
A historic event at Sravasti Abbey: 49 nuns gather to learn and live the Vinaya in order to support monasticism in the West.
Transmitting the lamp of the Dharma
Encouraging all Buddhists to work together to transmit the lamp of the Dharma from one generation to the next.
The mutual relationship of monastics and lay practitioners
Through mutual support the monastic and lay community grow in the Dharma. For the Dharma to flourish in society monastics and lay practitioners are important.
Tibetan Buddhism east and west
A personal account of how westerners met Tibetan Buddhist teachers, studied and practiced the Dharma in Asia and then brought Buddhist teachings to the West.
Brief history of bhiksunis
Venerable Chodron provides a short history of the issues surrounding ordination for women.
