Buddhist nuns
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Leaving home: Different doors to renunciation
What modern practitioners can learn about renunciation from Ratthapala and Angulimala.
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Munissara Bhikkhuni - Feb 21, 2026
Munissara Bhikkhuni Reflections on “Taking the Vinaya as Our Teacher”
In October and November of 2025, I had the great good fortune to go to…
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Our practice is not just for our own benefit
A talk at a Tibetan nunnery with questions and answers.
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How a Westerner became a Buddhist nun
A talk given to the Tibetan Association of Washington.
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Lucia Damerino
- Aug 12, 2025
Light: On Spiritual Women
Spotlight on the life and aspirations of a Buddhist nun, teacher, and abbess.
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Sravasti Abbey Monastics Q & A on monastic life
A special question and answer session with senior monastics about life and practice.
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Sowing the seeds of Dharma in the Wild West
The journey from meeting the Dharma to establishing Sravasti Abbey.
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Venerable Thubten Samten The 18th Sakyadhita conference
The 18th Sakyadhita Conference took place in Seoul, Korea, June 23–27, 2023. I did not…
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Venerable Sangye Khadro 
Bhikshuni Thubten Jampa Sakyadhita: Daughters of the Buddha
A Sravasti Abbey nun reports on her experience at the 2023 Sakyadhita International Conference in…
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