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Brief history of bhiksunis
Venerable Chodron provides a short history of the issues surrounding ordination for women.
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Life as a Western Buddhist nun
What it means to live as a nun in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition in the…
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Trip to India
Venerable Thubten Chodron talks about her trip to India and the precious opportunity to meet…
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How precious is monastic community
The conditions for a stable monastic community, where beginners can train, are extremely rare and…
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Monasticism meeting modernity
With Buddhism going global, different cultures and values might influence how we apply the precepts…
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The meeting of Sri Lankan and Tibetan monks
Theravada and Mahayana leaders exchanging ideas in Dharamsala, 1990.
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You’re becoming a what?
Venerable Thubten Chodron shares her experience as a Westerner who made the decision to become…
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Western Buddhist nuns
What it's like to be a Buddhist nun in the West, the challenges faced and…
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Ethical conduct
A description of the advantages of the monastic sangha and monastic precepts in society.
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“I will do it”
The Seventeenth Gyalwang Karmapa steps up to address the issue of bhikshuni full ordination in…
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Dismantling personal identity
Examining how our mind puts parts together through a conceptual process and see the object…
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An interview with a newly ordained monastic
Venerable Thubten Chonyi talks candidly to Awaken magazine of her decision to follow the monastic…
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