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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Exploring Monastic Life 2017

Working with expectations

False expectations we may approach ordination with, and the importance of practicing self-compassion to overcome…

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Exploring Monastic Life 2017

Going forth

A teaching from the Buddhist ordination ceremony text, focusing on the attitude to have when…

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Exploring Monastic Life 2017

The importance of motivation for ordaining

The importance of motivation when ordaining, and how to work with our expectations of monastic…

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Exploring Monastic Life 2017

What the Buddha faced in his life

What the Buddha faced in his life, and how the monastic community was established.

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Tibetan nuns in a classroom.
Science and Buddhism

Connecting women scientists and Buddhist nuns

A physics professor shares about her experience teaching Tibetan Buddhist nuns as part of the…

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A Nun's Life

From goatherd to geshe

Geshe Chopa Tenzin Lhadron describes her journey from rural Ladakh with minimal opportunities for education,…

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Ven. Jampa giving a gift to Ven. Chodron.
Living in Community

The benefits of living in a monastic community

Venerable Jampa reflects on the benefits to be gained by living in a community of…

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Living in Community

The ten benefits of monastic precepts

The ten reasons the Buddha gave for establishing the precepts cover benefiting the the individual…

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Full Ordination for Nuns

Bhikshunis propagate the Dharma

Venerable Master Jingliang of the Buddhist Association of the Republic of China talks about the…

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Full Ordination for Nuns

The World Buddhist Bhikshuni Association is establis...

The world's first international organization formed by bhikshunis is established in November 2016.

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Full Ordination for Nuns

Presenting the first Global Awards for Outstanding C...

The first Global Awards for Outstanding Contributions of Commended Bhikshunis were awarded by Taiwan’s Chinese…

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Travels

Reflections from Asian teaching tour

Venerables Thubten Chodron and Thubten Damcho share their experience on a recent trip, traveling throughout…

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