A Nun's Life

What’s it like to be a Buddhist nun? Venerable Thubten Chodron and other nuns share about their lives.

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Stupas and prayer flags in dharamsala.
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Gender equality/inequality in Buddhism

How our own minds create our experience of gender equality. Addressing "problematic" text, situation of…

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Tenzin Palmo at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem, September 2006.
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Equal opportunity for nuns

Interview with Buddhist nun Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo on her work to raise the self-esteem of…

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Venerable Thubten Chodron bowing forward and smiling happily.
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Inspiration to ordain

Venerable Chodron was interviewed by Mahabodhi Society of USA about the benefits of monastic life…

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Venerable Chodron with eyes closed, holding a microphone.
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“I had to start being more consistent!”

Buddhist nuns are not born in robes. What happened to Venerable Thubten Chodron such that…

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Venerable Chodron in meditation with a small group of lay practitioners..
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Behind the scenes with Venerable Thubten Chodron

A broad discussion about becoming a nun, founding an abbey in North America, and the…

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Venerable Chodron smiling.
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Life as Buddhist nun in the West

The challenges and lessons learned by a Western nun help to understand what it means…

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