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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Venerable Thubten Chodron A Buddhist nun in high school
Questions and answers from students about Buddhism and monastic life.
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Clea McDougall - May 28, 2003
Clea McDougall Determined to be free
A Buddhist nun, a sanyasi columnist and an urban mystic have an inspiring talk about…
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Report on “Nuns in the West I”
Dialogue of spiritual themes with Catholic sisters and Buddhist nuns.
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Lauren
- Jan 18, 2003
A letter to Venerable Chodron
A teenager shares her thoughts about Buddhism.
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Interfaith philosophies
Clarifying the various Buddhist views on what the present and future lives mean.
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The second Gethsemani Encounter
Thoughts on different theological views of religious institutions.
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“I had to start being more consistent!”
Buddhist nuns are not born in robes. What happened to Venerable Thubten Chodron such that…
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Norman New
- Nov 18, 2001
Behind the scenes with Venerable Thubten Chodron
A broad discussion about becoming a nun, founding an abbey in North America, and the…
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The purpose of precepts
A talk to the newly ordained about monastic life, a monastic mind, interacting with the…
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About Venerable Bhikshuni Wu Yin
Brief biography of vinaya master Venerable Bhikshuni Wu Yin whose commentary on the Bhikshuni pratimoksha…
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Monastic life: a living tradition
The story behind "Choosing Simplicity," a commentary by vinaya master Venerable Bhikshuni Wu Yin on…
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Tenzin Kiyosaki The four messengers
The signs of aging, sickness, death, and the spiritual seeker deeply moved Prince Siddhartha, and…
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