Buddhist nuns
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Geshe Chopa Tenzin Lhadron From goatherd to geshe
Geshe Chopa Tenzin Lhadron describes her journey from rural Ladakh with minimal opportunities for education,…
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Bhikshuni Thubten Jampa The benefits of living in a monastic community
Venerable Jampa reflects on the benefits to be gained by living in a community of…
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Venerable Thubten Chodron The ten benefits of monastic precepts
The ten reasons the Buddha gave for establishing the precepts cover benefiting the the individual…
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Bhikshunis propagate the Dharma
Venerable Master Jingliang of the Buddhist Association of the Republic of China talks about the…
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The World Buddhist Bhikshuni Association is establis...
The world's first international organization formed by bhikshunis is established in November 2016.
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Presenting the first Global Awards for Outstanding C...
The first Global Awards for Outstanding Contributions of Commended Bhikshunis were awarded by Taiwan’s Chinese…
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Reflections from Asian teaching tour
Venerables Thubten Chodron and Thubten Damcho share their experience on a recent trip, traveling throughout…
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Living in community as Dharma practice
A talk to Tibetan nuns about community living at Sravasti Abbey and how nuns can…
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The bhikshuni sangha in the West and its future
The current situation, progress and future outlook for Buddhist nuns in the West. The status…
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Overcoming the eight worldly concerns
Though it is difficult to acknowledge our problems with the eight worldly concerns, when we…
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The 22nd Annual Western Buddhist Monastic Gathering
Venerable Thubten Chodron reports on the 22nd annual monastic gathering, which took place at Land…
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Congratulations to the first geshemas!
Photos of the first batch of Geshemas from Jangchub Choeling Nunnery, wearing the yellow dongka…
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