A milestone for female monasticism in Britain

Interview with a pioneering Western Buddhist nun

A Burmese nunnery protecting girls from trafficking and sex work

Samaneri Gautami on her path to becoming a bhikkhuni

After a long interlude in which the Theravada Bhikkhuni Sangha was presumed extinct, the Sri Lankan lineage was re-established in 1998 at Bodhgaya with the help of Chinese Buddhist nuns. Recent progre

Editor’s note: Jnan Nanda completed his BA Hons from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka and his MA from the University of Hong Kong where he presently teaches Reading in Buddhist Sanskrit T

Willow Myers works full time as a child and family psychotherapist in a non-profit agency in Bellingham WA. She writes freelance in her spare time. She is currently enjoying writing about the Dharma.W

We can see from the study of the Buddha’s earliest teachings in the vinaya-piṭaka, that he originally taught only dhamma necessary for the attainment of nibbāna. The dhammas such as the Four Nob

Myanmar is a country today sought by many, eager to witness change, forge new alliances, and urge on the seedlings of development. There are rays of hope shining everywhere on the potential