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Bhikkhu Bodhi Whatever happened to the monastic Sangha?
Examining the role of monastics in Western culture, especially as torch-bearers of the Dharma.
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Wong Li Za - Jun 14, 2006
Wong Li Za Equal opportunity for nuns
Interview with Buddhist nun Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo on her work to raise the self-esteem of…
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Bhikshuni Jampa Tsedroen
- May 27, 2006
Conference on gelong-ma ordination
Results of the third seminar of vinaya scholars meeting in Dharamsala, India, to discuss the…
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Geshe Thubten Jangchub
- May 23, 2006
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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Committee of Western Bhiksunis
- Apr 4, 2006
Research regarding the lineage of bhikshuni ordination
Possibility and validity of introducing bhikshuni ordination into the Tibetan Buddhist tradition.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron A new possibility
The importance of having bhikshunis in the world and how bhikshuni ordination can be established…
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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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Department of Religion and Culture
- Feb 15, 2006
Bhikshunis in Mulasarvastivada vinaya tradition?
A request to Tibetan vinaya masters to develop a system of bhikshuni ordination.
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Department of Religion and Culture
- Feb 12, 2006
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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Bhikshuni Dhammananda
- Feb 10, 2006
Ordination: Sakyadhita’s heritage from the Buddha
A look at the importance of and challenges to keeping the Bhikshuni ordination alive.
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EML '05 Participants
- Dec 15, 2005
Reflections on the first Exploring Monastic Life, 2005
The participants of the first EML course share how the program helped them look at…
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His Holiness the Dalai Lama 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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