Malaysia’s first boundary for the full ordination of female monastic practitioners was established by a dual sangha on 23 April 2024
Women have played an essential role in the growth and development of Buddhism but have rarely been celebrated in art. “Unsullied, Like a Lotus in Mud,” seeks to help rectify that exclusion.
The International Women’s Meditation Center Foundation (IWMCF) has selected 31 recipients for its Outstanding Women in Buddhism Award for 2024.
His Eminence Tai Situ Rinpoche inaugurated the annual winter gathering for female monastics, which was begun by His Holiness the Karmapa
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
