
Buddhistdoor View: 21 June – Auspicious Conditions to Grow the Bhikshuni Order
Why the ordination of women on the summer solstice in Bhutan is so important
Why the ordination of women on the summer solstice in Bhutan is so important
A historic step toward manifesting greater equality within the monastic institutions of the Buddhadharma
Master Wu Yin and her disciples share teachings on…
The issue of women’s empowerment in Tibetan Buddhism, especially for nuns, has been tenaciously resisted and debated about for almost 50 years. At the center the debate, we
Fifty years ago, an English woman, Freda Bedi, became one of the first Westerners to be ordained as a Tibetan Buddhist nun some time after
The monastic ordinations performed in Taiwan are renowned among the sanghas of the various Buddhist traditions for being extremely rigorous. The Chinese practice entails long