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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The spread of Buddhism and monastic life
The Buddha’s life story and how monasticism adapted to different cultures.
View PostThe joy of monastic discipline
Written by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, these verses pay tribute to the ethical discipline…
View PostAmerican professor teaches physics to Tibetan nuns
Physics professor Nicole Ackerman (now Venerable Thubten Rinchen) writes about her experience teaching science to…
View PostThe power of an idea
Halfway around the world from the Abbey, the idea that people are living an alternative…
View PostWhy monastics matter in the modern world
Venerable Thubten Chodron explains how the role of monastics today is not much different than…
View PostKathina celebration 2018
A short talk about the kathina robe ceremony to celebrate the end of the monastic…
View PostBecoming a nun
There are many ways to consider one's desire to ordain. Motivation is the most important…
View PostA nun’s lifestyle
The lifestyle of a Buddhist nun or monk is based on Buddhist values of compassion,…
View PostGuided by bodhicitta to create an energy field for c...
An interview with Dharma Drum Humanity Magazine, in which Venerable Chodron talks about her early…
View PostThe future is up to us
A participant in Sravasti Abbey's recent "Living Vinaya in the West" course considers how the…
View PostSravasti Abbey hosts “Living Vinaya in the Wes...
A historic event at Sravasti Abbey: 49 nuns gather to learn and live the Vinaya…
View PostTransmitting the lamp of the Dharma
Encouraging all Buddhists to work together to transmit the lamp of the Dharma from one…
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