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Bhikkhuni pārājika 1
An exploration of the first pārājika: the variety of rule formations and disrobal methods, re-ordination…
View PostChinese bhikshuni ordination
Brief history of the Chinese vinaya lineage, bhikshuni ordination and the guidelines for consulting other…
View PostOrdination of nuns by monks
Scriptural references in the Pali canon on the bhikshuni ordination procedure.
View PostPrinciples to be respected
A comprehensive essay on the eight garudhammas, the rules concerning bhikkhunis' conduct in their social…
View PostVerse 6-2: Consideration for others
Abandoning negativities out of care, affection, consideration, and an awareness of how our actions impact…
View PostVerse 6-1: Robes of integrity
Seeing an opportunity for non-virtue but restraining ourselves because of a sense of our own…
View PostThe objects of different consciousnesses
Appearing objects, observed objects, apprehended objects, and referent objects.
View PostVerse 5-2: Creating the causes
The importance of cultivating the two sides of the path, method and wisdom, just as…
View PostVerse 5-1: Attaining the form buddha bodies
Planting the seeds to be able to attain the form body of the Buddha, the…
View PostVesak verse: Bodhicitta on Vesak day
Celebrating the Buddha's birth, enlightenment, and passing into parinirvana with a verse the cultivates a…
View PostSpecial verse: Oceans of merit
What to consider while inviting generosity, the amazing opportunity that others have to create merit…
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