Buddhist nuns
Guidance from teachers of various Buddhist traditions on the importance of ensuring that women experience full equality in their opportunity to practice and teach the Dharma.
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Lea Wee - May 31, 2015
Lea Wee The call of monasticism
An interview with Venerable Thubten Damcho by "The Straits Times" on how she came to…
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Verse 94: Those with right livelihood
How to practice right livelihood as monastics and laypeople.
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Q & A regarding ordination
A monastic aspirant is given advice on examining oneself for hidden negative motivations, and a…
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Tracy Simmons A Tibetan Buddhist nun blazes a trail for other wome...
Tracy Simmons interviews Venerable Thubten Chodron about the founding of the Abbey.
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His Holiness the Dalai Lama Geshemas and bhikshuni ordination
Statements made by His Holiness the Dalai Lama during the Jangchup Lamrim teachings regarding bhikshuni…
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The importance of monastic training
Monastic life may be viewed as restrictive but actually offers freedom from distractions and freedom…
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Bhikshuni Thubten Jampa Rejoicing in living at Sravasti Abbey
Venerable Thubten Jampa shares how living at the Abbey and practicing with the community has…
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Venerable Thubten Chonyi 
Michaela Haas Women in Western Buddhism
An excerpt from Dakini Power: Twelve Extraordinary Women Shaping the Transmission of Tibetan Buddhism in…
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Ordination lineages
How ordination is different in the three living Buddhist traditions, and why the path to…
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Self-confidence across monastic cultures
How monastics relate to money and idle talk, the rules governing nuns, and self-confidence for…
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After the Buddha awakened
Creating a solid motivation for ordaining, how the Buddha taught every type of person, and…
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