Mahaprajapati or Vasumitra? Contrasting Representations of Female Buddhist Authority
Re-imagining female authority in texts and in everyday life
Re-imagining female authority in texts and in everyday life
On dakini nature as an embodiment of female energy
Paying tribute to the achievements of…
Promoting lasting female leadership in Buddhist…
I found myselfsuddenly voluminous,three-dimensioned,a many-roofed building in moonlight. So writes Jane Hirshfield in her collection The Beauty (Knopf 2015). She is describing a startling moment
A precious moment of female-focused inspiration in the…
The Zen-inspired activism of Hiratsuka Raichō
Inadequate access to sanitation and hygiene affects women and girls disproportionally, especially those of a disadvantaged socio-economic status in developing countries. There seems to be
A collection of 100 Zen koans that bring Buddhist women to…
A hope of securing full participation for women in the…
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
Just 45 minutes outside of Perth, the state capital of Western Australia, lies a sprawling acreage of dry forest. Fires can scorch the forest in