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Venerable Thubten Chodron The purpose of the EML program
An introduction to the course and the challenges that we all have to look forward…
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Varṣa skandhaka
The varṣa skandhaka deals with the annual rains retreat for monastics and the rules to…
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Lea Wee - May 31, 2015
Lea Wee The call of monasticism
An interview with Venerable Thubten Damcho by "The Straits Times" on how she came to…
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Cultivating compassion
How Venerable Thubten Chodron came to choose the Buddhist path, and the reasons for cultivating…
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Kaṭhina ceremony 2015
An explanation of the kaṭhina ceremony followed by a guided meditation on rejoicing.
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Q & A regarding ordination
A monastic aspirant is given advice on examining oneself for hidden negative motivations, and a…
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Tracy Simmons A Tibetan Buddhist nun blazes a trail for other wome...
Tracy Simmons interviews Venerable Thubten Chodron about the founding of the Abbey.
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His Holiness the Dalai Lama Geshemas and bhikshuni ordination
Statements made by His Holiness the Dalai Lama during the Jangchup Lamrim teachings regarding bhikshuni…
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The importance of monastic training
Monastic life may be viewed as restrictive but actually offers freedom from distractions and freedom…
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Bhikshuni Thubten Jampa Rejoicing in living at Sravasti Abbey
Venerable Thubten Jampa shares how living at the Abbey and practicing with the community has…
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Venerable Thubten Chonyi 
Michaela Haas Women in Western Buddhism
An excerpt from Dakini Power: Twelve Extraordinary Women Shaping the Transmission of Tibetan Buddhism in…
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