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 Report on “Nuns in the West II”
"The power of women of different faiths meeting together and sharing in harmony cannot be…
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Rosie Rosenzweig - Apr 11, 2005
Rosie Rosenzweig Jewish roots, Buddhist blossoms
The experience of growing up in a Jewish family in Southern California and realizing spiritual…
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Renunciation and simplicity
For monastics of all traditions, renouncing worldly materialism and self-centeredness inspires the cultivation of genuine…
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Incarcerated people Jewels of the Dharma
The nuns in service of the Dharma inspire compassion and loving-kindness to take root in…
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Bender and Cadge
- Apr 18, 2004
“Nuns in the West I:” Interviews
Buddhist and Catholic monastics open discussion on various views.
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A Buddhist nun in high school
Questions and answers from students about Buddhism and monastic life.
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Clea McDougall
- May 28, 2003
Determined to be free
A Buddhist nun, a sanyasi columnist and an urban mystic have an inspiring talk about…
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Report on “Nuns in the West I”
Dialogue of spiritual themes with Catholic sisters and Buddhist nuns.
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Lauren
- Jan 18, 2003
A letter to Venerable Chodron
A teenager shares her thoughts about Buddhism.
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Interfaith philosophies
Clarifying the various Buddhist views on what the present and future lives mean.
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The second Gethsemani Encounter
Thoughts on different theological views of religious institutions.
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“I had to start being more consistent!”
Buddhist nuns are not born in robes. What happened to Venerable Thubten Chodron such that…
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