“Women On The Path”
Dharma Eye
12 December 2014
Women On The Path is an upcoming film by The Yogini Project. It will tell the stories of women the world over who are genuinely practicing
The Druk Amitabha Kung Fu Nuns: Combining Martial Arts and Meditation
Dominique Butet
14 November 2014
The sun has barely touched the green hill of Druk Amitabha to the west of Kathmandu, Nepal, and already the paths to the nunnery resound
Speaking with Many Voices: Buddha’s Daughters
Caitlin Dwyer
14 November 2014
Buddha’s Daughters is a diverse collection of teachings by some of Buddhism’s big names. Popular writers like Sharon Salzberg, Jan Chozen Bays, Tara Brach, and Pema
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