Canada’s Prince Edward Island Approves 120-hectare Monastery for Buddhist Nuns
BD Dipananda
20 July 2018
Monastery of the Great Wisdom Buddhist…
Monastic Robes and Tattoos
Vanessa Sasson
15 May 2018
How appearances can matter, at least to others
STEM Tara: Bringing Science Education to Buddhist Nuns
Caitlin Dwyer
18 April 2018
Empowering female monastics in Nepal
Bhutan Nuns Foundation Poised to Launch New Training Center for Female Monastics with First Resident Nuns
Craig Lewis
18 April 2018
Major landmark for empowering Buddhist…
International Women’s Day: Celebrating the Women of Buddhism
Anne Wisman
8 March 2018
Paying tribute to the achievements of…
Historic Vinaya Teaching at Sravasti Abbey – A First for Buddhist Nuns in the United States
Harsha Menon, MA, MFA
22 February 2018
Master Wu Yin and her disciples share teachings on…
Filling the Emptiness with Love at the Duc Son Orphanage
Shuyin
24 November 2017
Providing a proper home and hope for abandoned children…
Loving your Tick: Book Review of Mindfulness as Medicine
Caitlin Dwyer
26 October 2017
After she was diagnosed with Lyme disease, Sister Dang Nghiem began to experience debilitating symptoms: fatigue, neurological pain, cognitive impairment. As a trained physician, she
The Daily Practice of a Modern Chinese Buddhist Nun: Meeting Master Sheng-Yen and Taking the Bodhisattva Vows
Ven. Chang-Hwa, Ph.D.
18 August 2017
I was introduced to the Chan Meditation Center in New York in 1997, when I came to work as a volunteer for almost a month.
Nuns in the Tibetan Tradition: Latest Developments and Future Prospects
Dominique Butet
2 June 2017
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
Khenmo Konchog Nyima Drolma: Serving the Dharma and Sowing the Seeds of Monasticism in the West
Harsha Menon, MA, MFA
12 May 2017
There is a Western Tibetan nun presently working to establish a Tibetan Buddhist nunnery in the US state of Maine. Khenmo Konchog Nyima Drolma is the
Nepal’s Rock Star Buddhist Nun Touches Hearts and Changes Lives
Craig Lewis
26 October 2016
Ani Choying Drolma has become something of an anomaly. A Buddhist nun renowned for her numerous humanitarian activities, which include the education of young girls,