Search results for “"Ajahn Sumedho"

Easy Path to Travel to Omniscience

A precious opportunity

How to meditate on the eight freedoms and 10 fortunes of a precious human rebirth…

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A hand lighting a white candle.
Theravada Tradition

The five points

Taken from "Where We Are Now," a letter by Elders' Council of the Forest Sangha,…

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Few nuns bowing.
Full Ordination for Nuns

The time has come

Exploring challenges faced by bhikkunis in obtaining full ordination and why a genuine dialogue between…

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Venerable Samten with eyes closed while two nuns shave her head.
Western Monastics

Why we need monasticism

Monastics as a bridge between the ancient teachings and the modern world.

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Venerable Thubten Chodron sitting in meditation position and smiling happily.
Western Monastics

Buddhist education for nuns in Western countries

The ordination and education of nuns in Western countries; Sravasti Abbey as a proving ground…

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Blossoms of the Dharma

The Theravada sangha goes west

The birth of a Thai Monastery in England. How the female community created a new…

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Stained glass in an Anglican church.
Interfaith Dialogue

Love unbounded

Delight in contemplating life within a religious community.

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