Dongyu Gatsal Ling Nunnery
Dharma Eye
31 October 2014
“If we are serious about becoming the masters of our minds and emotions, instead of the slaves of our minds and emotions, if we are
Rethinking Buddhist Practices and the Buddha’s Bodily Features—An Interview with John Powers
Elsa Lau
17 October 2014
Have you ever considered that your Buddhist practice could actually result in the development of physical abnormalities like those of the Buddha: a fist-sized cranial
Dakini Power: Buddhist Women Speak Out
Caitlin Dwyer
19 September 2014
Bent on enlightenment, wrathful and playful, a dakini seduces, wills, and tugs practitioners toward wisdom. Dakini Power, a recent book by German journalist Michaela Haas, explores the feminine dakini ideal
The Light of the Lotus Moon: The Art and Wisdom of Otagaki Rengetsu
Meher McArthur
19 September 2014
“Fluttering Merrily” by Otagaki Rengetsu, Japan, 1840s–50s, calligraphy and painting in ink on paper mounted as a hanging scroll; Private Collection, Switzerland
A Glimpse of My Time at the Sakya College for Nuns
Fiona White
8 August 2014
I almost never woke up to the five o’clock gong—the first gong of the day in a life, if not ruled by the gong, then
Rediscovering the Women of Northern Wei with Stephanie Balkwill
Raymond Lam
1 July 2014
The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Dissertation Fellowships in Buddhist Studies are a series of grants awarded to some of the most intriguing studies
Banning Ajahn Brahm’s speech on nuns was a spectacular own-goal
Raymond Lam
30 May 2014
All religious traditions claim to exert moral and spiritual authority. Most of the great world faiths also like to believe they are aligned with the
Khandro Thrinlay Chodon: Warmth and flair that eases traditional values into modernity
Raymond Lam
27 December 2013
Her story reads like a fairytale. Via her mother’s ancestry, she has royal blood flowing from the line of Songsten Gampo’s minister Lonpo Ghar. Her great-grandfather,
Doing Metta on the Road
Sister Ocean
4 December 2013
The first time I heard of metta, the cultivation of loving-kindness taught by the Buddha, was at my first meditation retreat in Ladakh, India. It was
“There’s a lot of catching up to do” – Full Interview with Karma Lekshe Tsomo
Karma Lekshe Tsomo
14 October 2013
Editor’s note: Ven. Karma Lekshe Tsomo is the Branch and Chapter Coordinator of Sakyadhita International Association of Buddhist Women. In this series of seven questions
“Buddhism the only religion where I can be free as a woman” – Interview with Ven. Suniti
Willow Myers
12 October 2013
Willow Myers works full time as a child and family psychotherapist in a non-profit agency in Bellingham WA. She writes freelance in her spare time.
Traditionally-minded Buddhists will benefit most from fully ordained nuns
Raymond Lam
24 September 2013
Every Buddhist would find it difficult to contest the idea that Buddhism values spiritual authority. Buddhism’s need for legitimate transmission inevitably means upholding the monastic sangha as