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Bhikkhu Sujato Ordination of nuns by monks
Scriptural references in the Pali canon on the bhikshuni ordination procedure.
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Principles to be respected
A comprehensive essay on the eight garudhammas, the rules concerning bhikkhunis' conduct in their social…
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Six harmonies in a sangha community
Practical guidelines for setting up and living in a Dharma community or monastery, and the…
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His Holiness the Dalai Lama Women—part of the basis
HHDL about the importance of full ordination for women, the study of scriptures by women…
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Becoming a Western Buddhist nun
How Buddhist monastic ordination is becoming established in the West.
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Monasteries as the conscience of society
The vision behind Sravasti Abbey, the benefits of living the monastic life, and using community…
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Sravasti Abbey Monastics Founding donor’s day
The birth of Sravasti Abbey, the first Tibetan Buddhist monastery in the U.S.
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On monastic life
Following the ordination of Venerable Thubten Semkye at Sravasti Abbey, visiting nuns participated in a…
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Bhikkhu Bodhi The revival of bhikkhunī ordination in the Theravāda...
Legal and moral issues involved in the revival of the Theravāda Bhikkhunī Sangha.
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Refuge and precepts ceremony
Teachings on taking the five lay precepts with or without celibacy and the eight precepts…
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The monastic preceptor
Enter monastic life with a sincere motivation. Cultivate it again and again so it increases…
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The hindrances to ordaining
Ordination provides a direction for spiritual yearning, something very pure inside of us.
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