Karen Greenspan visits Karma Drubdey Nunnery in central Bhutan, where female monastics are manifesting the rich heritage of cham ritual Buddhist dance
A Chinese businessman who became a Buddhist monk has been caring for 600 abandoned children, from newborns to 10-year-olds, for the past 12 years.
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.
Nachaya Campbell-Allen embarks on a remarkable journey with author Cynthia Jurs of wisdom, hope, compassion, and healing.
Sravasti Abbey has announced that five of the abbey’s training nuns have received full monastic ordination at Fo En Si Temple in Taichung, Taiwan.
It is time that Yasodhara, the Buddha’s wife, is more widely recognized as a great enlightened one with an updated date of her passing
Mahapajapati deserves to be remembered as the founder of the great women’s community that remains to this day, and as a woman who stood up for gender equity, beginning work that is ongoing
The International Women’s Meditation Center Foundation (IWMCF) has selected 31 recipients for its Outstanding Women in Buddhism Award for 2024.
The Tibetan Nuns Project (TNP) has announced an urgent need for new math, science, and English textbooks for the Buddhist nunneries under its charge.
His Eminence Tai Situ Rinpoche inaugurated the annual winter gathering for female monastics, which was begun by His Holiness the Karmapa
The Tibetan Nuns Project has announced the successful completion of its project to provide a circumambulatory kora pathway for the nuns of Shugsep Nunnery.
Nachaya Campbell-Allen explores the beauty and poignant insights of this remarkable and historic poetry collection
