51 Tibetan Buddhist Nuns Take Geshema Exams
Craig C Lewis
12 August 2019
A new generation of female monastic leaders to spread…
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
Dalai Lama Awards Historic Geshema Degrees to 20 Nuns
Craig C Lewis
28 December 2016
Twenty women made history at Drepung Loseling Monastery in Mundgod on 22 December, becoming the first Tibetan Buddhist nuns to be awarded the title Geshema .
His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Award Historic Geshema Degrees Next Week
Craig C Lewis
14 December 2016
The Dalai Lama will bestow Geshema degrees on 20 Tibetan Buddhist nuns at Drepung Loseling Monastery in Mundgod, in the southern Indian state of Karnataka.