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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Serving one’s spiritual mentor
How a Dharma student’s motivation was strengthened by offering service to her teacher.
View PostThe life of Venerable Sek Fatt Kuan: compassion in a...
Through the force of her compassion, a Buddhist nun overcomes difficulties to establish a home…
View PostYou’re becoming a what?
Venerable Thubten Chodron shares her experience as a Westerner who made the decision to become…
View PostJoyfully swimming upstream
Monastics from different traditions discussed the significance of the Vinaya and its application in a…
View PostMulti-tradition ordination (long version)
Detailed research establishing a precedent in Tibet where ordination was given together by monks from…
View PostThat was then, this is now
Why the eight heavy rules on the ordination of women need to be changed.
View PostMonastics go green
Monastics of different traditions discussed intersections between Buddhism and environmentalism, and how Dharma practice can…
View PostHow to approach Dharma practice
Practical advice on applying the Dharma in everyday life, making the teachings transform our minds…
View PostMonasteries and monastic training
A summary of the recent 14th annual Western Buddhist monastic conference, describing the training of…
View PostWestern monasticism
Monastics from different traditions discuss aspects of training, creating monasteries, and the challenges of monastic…
View PostDark matter
Examining the complexity of the issue of bhikkhuni ordination: different views and lineages of the…
View PostSix harmonies in a sangha community
Practical guidelines for setting up and living in a Dharma community or monastery, and the…
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