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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Recommended further reading
Further resources on the topics covered in Living as a Buddhist Nun.
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Audience with His Holiness the Dalai Lama
A question-and-answer session with His Holiness regarding ordination and the situation and practice of the…
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Living the Dharma
The importance of studying the teachings and meditating on them, making the Dharma central to…
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Bringing a psychological perspective to the Dharma
A nun trained as a psychologist discusses mental health issues that may arise while studying…
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Finding our way
A reflection on the Dharma, working with afflictions, self-esteem, ordination, and living within the precepts.…
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Something about Zen
From the Rochester Zen center, an ordained female priest goes to Japan to study with…
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The nuns in Korea
Australian-born nun in a South Korean nunnery discusses becoming a nun, a nun's life, and…
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A nun in exile: From Tibet to India
A Tibetan-born nun emigrates out of Chinese-occupied territory to South India, where she is instrumental…
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Restoring an ancient tradition
A nun describes her experience being accepted and integrating into a Mainland Chinese community of…
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Blossoming in Plum Village
A nun discusses entering the 5-year monastic training with the core community at Thich Nhat…
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The Theravada sangha goes west
The birth of a Thai Monastery in England. How the female community created a new…
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Life in Gampo Abbey—Western style
A description of the practices and commitments of the residents of Gampo Abbey.
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