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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L. B. - Aug 15, 2004
L. B. 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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Venerable Thubten Chodron 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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Norman New
- Nov 18, 2001
Behind the scenes with Venerable Thubten Chodron
A broad discussion about becoming a nun, founding an abbey in North America, and the…
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The purpose of precepts
A talk to the newly ordained about monastic life, a monastic mind, interacting with the…
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About Venerable Bhikshuni Wu Yin
Brief biography of vinaya master Venerable Bhikshuni Wu Yin whose commentary on the Bhikshuni pratimoksha…
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