Since 2016, when the Dalai Lama awarded the first cohort of Geshemas, interest among Tibetan nuns toward attaining the degree has climbed steadily
Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo has consistently used her status to uplift fellow women in the Buddhist world
China’s first and only female emperor, Wu Zetian, left behind a remarkable legacy of esoteric and Huayan Buddhism and beyond
Buddhism in the West faces political and philosophical challenges, but this is an opportune time for intellectual and theological renewal
Engaging with the ways that we see sameness and difference in issues of Gender in our Buddhist communities
Chöying Khandro’s exploration of Dakini invites us to experience a new way of meeting our true self and the ground of being
BDG speaks with Jonathan Watts on his new two-volume examination of the evolution of engaged Buddhism in Japan
The life of celebrated lay teacher Dipa Ma, whose work and example became a new model for laywomen teaching meditation
How a Buddhist monk came from poverty to re-invigorating Buddhism in modern India and Bangladesh amid a rapidly changing South Asia
Thailand-based organization continues to fulfill its mission to promote and support female Buddhist leaders around the world
With the October ordination of six bhikkhunis in Bangladesh, Dipen Barua looks at the development of female monasticism in the country
An archeological story of the only stupa enshrining the relics of an enlightened figure of the Early Buddhist order of female monastics
