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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Tibetan nuns smiling.
Tibetan Tradition

Geshemas and bhikshuni ordination

Statements made by His Holiness the Dalai Lama during the Jangchup Lamrim teachings regarding bhikshuni…

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Closeup of a monastic's hand, a prayer book, and mala.
Becoming a Monastic

The importance of monastic training

Monastic life may be viewed as restrictive but actually offers freedom from distractions and freedom…

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Venerable Jampa walking outside and smiling.
Life at Sravasti Abbey

Rejoicing in living at Sravasti Abbey

Venerable Thubten Jampa shares how living at the Abbey and practicing with the community has…

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Cover of the book Dakini Power.
Western Monastics

Women in Western Buddhism

An excerpt from Dakini Power: Twelve Extraordinary Women Shaping the Transmission of Tibetan Buddhism in…

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Exploring Monastic Life 2014

Ordination lineages

How ordination is different in the three living Buddhist traditions, and why the path to…

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Exploring Monastic Life 2014

Self-confidence across monastic cultures

How monastics relate to money and idle talk, the rules governing nuns, and self-confidence for…

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Exploring Monastic Life 2014

After the Buddha awakened

Creating a solid motivation for ordaining, how the Buddha taught every type of person, and…

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Travels

Sharing the Dharma in Australia

Venerable Thubten Chodron rejoices in the opportunity to teach the Dharma in Australia.

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Theravada Tradition

Spiritual liberation

A community of Buddhist nuns, the Order of Siladhara, provides opportunity for women seeking the…

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Cropped cover of "The Legality of Bhikkhuni Ordination" showing Bhikkhuni Sanghamitra with Bodhi Trree.
Theravada Tradition

The legality of bhikkhunī ordination

Looking at the legal issues surrounding the revival of full ordination for nuns.

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