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Tibetan nuns smiling.
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Conference on gelong-ma ordination

Results of the third seminar of vinaya scholars meeting in Dharamsala, India, to discuss the…

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Group of Tibetan nuns waiting to take vows.
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A seminar to be organised by the Department of Relig...

This paper is a summary of much of the research done on the bhikshuni ordination…

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Bhikshuni and bhikshunis walking in 2 rows, with lay person spreading flowers on the path.
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Research regarding the lineage of bhikshuni ordination

Possibility and validity of introducing bhikshuni ordination into the Tibetan Buddhist tradition.

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Ven. Chodron, Ven. Jampa Tsedroen , Ven. Heng-Ching Shih and Ven. Lekshe Tsomo sitting and discussing on a table full of papers.
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A new possibility

The importance of having bhikshunis in the world and how bhikshuni ordination can be established…

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A tibetan buddhist nun standing beside a peach blossom tree.
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Bhikshuni ordination

Tracing bhikshuni ordination from the Buddha's time to the present and how the existence of…

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Tibetan nun smiling.
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Bhikshunis in Mulasarvastivada vinaya tradition?

A request to Tibetan vinaya masters to develop a system of bhikshuni ordination.

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Ven. Chodron, Ven. Jampa Tsedroen , Ven. Heng-Ching Shih and Ven. Lekshe Tsomo sitting and discussing on a table full of papers.
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A means to achieve bhiksuni ordination

A request to all upholders of the vinaya traditions, to work together to find a…

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Venerable Chodron with His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
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Making progress towards the development of bhikshuni...

Highlights the progress made within nunneries and seminaries for advancement of bhikshunis and geshe-mas.

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His Holiness the Dalai Lama at August 2005 European Tibetan Buddhism Conference.
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Establishing a direction for reviving bhikshuni ordi...

Highlighting the direction for reviving the bhikshuni vow and driving consensus amongst several Buddhist communities.

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Image of Venerable Thubten Chodron ordination
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Suggesting a collaboration for the purpose of reachi...

Importance of discussion amongst various Buddhist communities to reform the rules for bhikshuni ordination.

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Venerable Thubten Chodron ordination with other Bhikshunis.
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Vinaya traditions for bhikshuni ordination

Equality for men and women practitioners in terms of full ordination as well as actual…

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Freda Bedi standing with a group of Tibetans at Buxa.
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British woman Palmo came to Hong Kong to receive the...

An article about Freda Bedi receiving full ordination in Hong Kong.

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