upasaka - Thubten Chodron

Male lay follower of the Buddha who has taken refuge and often lay precepts.

A means to achieve bhiksuni ordination
A request to all upholders of the vinaya traditions, to work together to find a means to restore bhiksuni ordination within Tibetan traditions.
Bhikshuni vinaya and ordination lineages
A summary report by Alex Berzin of the 2007 International Congress on the Women's Role in the Sangha.
A seminar to be organised by the Department of Religion and Culture of the Central Tibetan Administration
This paper is a summary of much of the research done on the bhikshuni ordination by Geshe Thubten Jangchub of the DRC.
A practical approach to Vinaya
The gradual approach for monastic ordination, in a Dharma center in Germany, to create a Buddhist central land.
Vorbereitung fur die Ordination
Reflektionen für Westler, die eine monastische Ordination in der tibetisch-buddhistischen Tradition erwägen