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Equal opportunity for nuns
Interview with Buddhist nun Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo on her work to raise the self-esteem of…
View PostConference on gelong-ma ordination
Results of the third seminar of vinaya scholars meeting in Dharamsala, India, to discuss the…
View PostA seminar to be organised by the Department of Relig...
This paper is a summary of much of the research done on the bhikshuni ordination…
View PostResearch regarding the lineage of bhikshuni ordination
Possibility and validity of introducing bhikshuni ordination into the Tibetan Buddhist tradition.
View PostA new possibility
The importance of having bhikshunis in the world and how bhikshuni ordination can be established…
View PostBhikshuni ordination
Tracing bhikshuni ordination from the Buddha's time to the present and how the existence of…
View PostBhikshunis in Mulasarvastivada vinaya tradition?
A request to Tibetan vinaya masters to develop a system of bhikshuni ordination.
View PostA means to achieve bhiksuni ordination
A request to all upholders of the vinaya traditions, to work together to find a…
View PostOrdination: Sakyadhita’s heritage from the Buddha
A look at the importance of and challenges to keeping the Bhikshuni ordination alive.
View PostReflections on the first Exploring Monastic Life, 2005
The participants of the first EML course share how the program helped them look at…
View PostMaking progress towards the development of bhikshuni...
Highlights the progress made within nunneries and seminaries for advancement of bhikshunis and geshe-mas.
View PostMonastic practices
A discussion among Western and Asian monastics highlights some of the practices in their particular…
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