upasika - Thubten Chodron

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

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.
Research regarding the lineage of bhikshuni ordination
Possibility and validity of introducing bhikshuni ordination into the Tibetan Buddhist tradition.
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 practical approach to Vinaya
The gradual approach for monastic ordination, in a Dharma center in Germany, to create a Buddhist central land.
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.