Search results for “bhikshuni ordination”
![Venerables Tarpa, Saldon, and Chodron standing outside in the lower Abbey meadow.](https://thubtenchodron.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/vens-chodron-tarpa-aug07-1.jpg)
A bhikshuni’s view
A brief overview of how Buddhist monastic traditions spread and adapt to new cultures.
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The first Western bhikshuni in the Tibetan tradition
Freda Bedi was the first Western nun in the Tibetan tradition to receive bhikshuni ordination.
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The five points
Taken from "Where We Are Now," a letter by Elders' Council of the Forest Sangha,…
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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…
View Post![Ven. Chodron, Ven. Jampa Tsedroen , Ven. Heng-Ching Shih and Ven. Lekshe Tsomo sitting and discussing on a table full of papers.](https://thubtenchodron.org/wp-content/uploads/2006/03/sravasti-committee-meeting-1.jpg)
A new possibility
The importance of having bhikshunis in the world and how bhikshuni ordination can be established…
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Sowing the seeds of Dharma in the Wild West
The journey from meeting the Dharma to establishing Sravasti Abbey.
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Asia Teaching Tour 2023
In-person teachings in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Taiwan.
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Establishing the sangha in the West
Transcript of a meeting with monastics on establishing a monastic community in the West.
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Buddhism, modernism and mindfulness
A discussion on topics including Buddhist and secular mindfulness, the value of monasticism, and the…
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Interview with Shide Nunnery
An interview with Venerable Chodron with nuns from Shide Nunnery in Germany about the mindful…
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Guided by bodhicitta to create an energy field for c...
An interview with Dharma Drum Humanity Magazine, in which Venerable Chodron talks about her early…
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