Buddhist nuns
Guidance from teachers of various Buddhist traditions on the importance of ensuring that women experience full equality in their opportunity to practice and teach the Dharma.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Western Buddhist nuns in the Tibetan tradition
Venerable Chodron explores the history of Buddhist nuns in the West through her own experiences,…
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A life in the Dharma
A discussion that includes the journey to becoming a Buddhist nun and founding a monastery,…
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The benefits of living in community
Venerable Chodron talks with a monastic about what it means to take full ordination.
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Monasticism in the West
A question and answer session about Buddhist monasticism in the West.
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Sustaining our monastic life
How a long-term bodhicitta motivation is essential to sustaining ordained life and the importance of…
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The value of a sangha community
The meaning of sangha and the benefits of living in a monastic community.
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Living a happy monastic life
The key factors that lead to having a happy mind as a monastic and living…
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Monastic precepts and community life
How monastic precepts and community life are set up to help work with our afflictions…
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The five precepts
How the five precepts guide how we live and relate to each other for the…
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Venerable Sangye Khadro How to meditate: An interview with Venerable Sangye ...
The main obstacles for beginners learning to meditate and how to overcome them to achieve…
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The value of monastic life and communities in the 21...
In modern Western society, monastics support their communities in part by acting as the conscience…
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