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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Reflections from Asian teaching tour
Venerables Thubten Chodron and Thubten Damcho share their experience on a recent trip, traveling throughout…
View PostLiving in community as Dharma practice
A talk to Tibetan nuns about community living at Sravasti Abbey and how nuns can…
View PostThe bhikshuni sangha in the West and its future
The current situation, progress and future outlook for Buddhist nuns in the West. The status…
View PostOvercoming the eight worldly concerns
Though it is difficult to acknowledge our problems with the eight worldly concerns, when we…
View PostThe 22nd Annual Western Buddhist Monastic Gathering
Venerable Thubten Chodron reports on the 22nd annual monastic gathering, which took place at Land…
View PostCongratulations to the first geshemas!
Photos of the first batch of Geshemas from Jangchub Choeling Nunnery, wearing the yellow dongka…
View PostHumility, transparency, and self-acceptance
Venerable Tenzin Tsepal reflects on the Exploring Monastic Life program and how it supports the…
View PostReimagining Buddhist ethics in the world
Venerable Thubten Jampa shares the many ways that Westerners can practice ethics in their daily…
View PostThe border between liberation and cyclic existence
Venerable Thubten Samten reflects on her life experiences through the lens of teachings on the…
View PostThe practice of appreciating others
Venerable Thubten Chonyi shares three ways we can show our appreciation for others in a…
View PostMinor hindrances to ordination
Concluding the program with teachings on the 13 minor hindrances to ordination.
View PostUnravelling our hallucinations
Venerable Thubten Chonyi shares how the meditation on the mind as the source of our…
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