A New Chapter for Buddhist Nuns
Linda Leaming
2 December 2025
Linda Leaming offers a reflection on the quiet grace and gentle strength of female monastics in Bhutan, and the movement to restore full female ordination
Engaged Buddhism: INEB Launches Emergency Appeal to Assist Female Monastics After Record Floods Inundate Southern Thailand
Craig Lewis
26 November 2025
In response to devastating floods in southern Thailand, INEB has launched an appeal on behalf of female monastics in the region.
Buddhist Women: His Holiness the Je Khenpo Ordains 265 Buddhist Nuns from 14 Countries During Bhutan’s Global Peace Prayer Festival
Craig Lewis
24 November 2025
In one of the crowning moments of the recent Global Peace Prayer Festival in the Kingdom of Bhutan, His Holiness the Je Khenpo presided over
Bhutan Plans Historic Bhikshuni Ordination as Global Peace Prayer Festival Begins
Justin Whitaker
4 November 2025
The festival will conclude with the full bhikkhuni ordination of more than 250 nuns, only the second such ceremony in Bhutan’s history
Tibetan Nuns Project Announces Results of the 2025 Geshema Exams for Buddhist Nuns
Craig Lewis
24 October 2025
The Tibetan Nuns Project has announced the results for the record cohort of 161 Buddhist nuns who underwent various levels of the geshema exams in August.
Bhutan’s Laytshog Lopen Sangay Dorji Promotes Events of Global Peace Prayer Festival in November
Raymond Lam
16 October 2025
The Festival’s six events have had their dates revised and are being promoted by one of the most senior members of the Central Monastic Body
Engaged Buddhism Special Report: Ven. Pomnyun Sunim and INEB Conduct Field Survey in Earthquake-Hit Areas of Myanmar
Craig Lewis
29 September 2025
Korean Dharma master Ven. Pomnyun Sunim and INEB members embarked on a two-day field survey of earthquake-hit areas of Myanmar.
Buddhist Women: Drukpa Nuns Visit Ven. Bhikkhu Sanghasena at the Mahabodhi Devachan Campus in Ladakh
Craig Lewis
27 August 2025
Ven. Bhikkhu Sanghasena, founder of the Mahabodhi International Meditation Center in Ladakh, warmly welcomed nuns from Drukpa Odsal Chosling Nunnery.
Tibetan Nuns Project Announces Another New Record for Buddhist Nuns Taking Geshema Examinations
Craig Lewis
18 August 2025
The Tibetan Nuns Project has revealed that the 2025 cohort of geshema exam candidates has set a new record, with 161 Tibetan nuns undergoing the process.
Tibetan Nuns Project Seeks to Improve Accommodation for Elderly Nuns at Dolma Ling Nunnery in Dharamsala
Craig Lewis
13 August 2025
The Tibetan Nuns Project (TNP) is seeking to provide accommodation for 40 elderly nuns residing at Dolma Ling Nunnery and Institute.
Ani Choying Drolma: The Song of Dharma Meets Humanitarian Action
Rebecca Wong
11 August 2025
Rebecca Wong celebrates the life and work of Ani Choying Drolma, one of the most recognizable faces of contemporary Buddhist music
A Conversation with a Theravada Bhikkhuni Scholar on the Vinaya: The Core of Buddhist Monastic Identity between Sanctity and History-Bound Transmission
Raymond Lam
10 June 2025
A comprehensive deep dive into the Theravada Vinaya’s nuances around the ordination of women on validity, legality, and legitimacy