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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Why Study Buddhism?

Full ordination for Tibetan Buddhist nuns

Venerable Thubten Chodron explains some of the issues and controversies surrounding ordination for nuns.

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Why Study Buddhism?

How to become a Buddhist monk or nun

In this interview, Venerable Thubten Chodron explains how important motivation is when contemplating the monastic…

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Why Study Buddhism?

The benefits of living as a monk or nun

In this interview, Venerable Thubten Chodron describes how becoming a monastic cleared away distraction.

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Why Study Buddhism?

Want to become a monk or nun?

Venerable Thubten Chodron explains the importance of motivation in deciding to become a monastic.

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Group photo of participants from the Living Vinaya in the West program.
Life at Sravasti Abbey

Living Vinaya in the United States

A paper on the bhikshuni sangha in the west written by a nun who participated…

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Travels

Participating in the bhikshuni ordination

Venerable Thubten Chodron shares her experience being a witness at a bhikshuni ordination in Taiwan.

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Venerable Chodron speaking and gesturing with hands.
Buddhist Worldview

The five main topics studied in Tibetan Buddhist mon...

An overview of the educational program in Tibetan Buddhist monasteries with descriptions of the five…

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Venerable holding a microphone and speaking.
Becoming a Monastic

Living in the precepts

The joy of living in the Dharma. The importance of bodhicitta and how it helps…

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Western Monastics

Interview with Shide Nunnery

An interview with Venerable Chodron with nuns from Shide Nunnery in Germany about the mindful…

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Life at Sravasti Abbey

The past and future of the bhikshuni sangha in the West

The role of the sangha in preserving and spreading the Dharma. The relationship of the…

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