Re-establishing the bhikkhuni sangha in Sri Lanka

The flourishing of a monastic community in Western Australia

New developments in the initiative to establish a bhikkhuni monastery in the UK

Re-establishing the fourfold sangha

Addressing communal religious violence and the revival of the bhikkhuni order

Exploring the indispensable female narrative in Buddhism

Witnessing the revival of the female monasticism in the Buddhist world

A milestone for female monasticism in Britain

Interview with a pioneering Western Buddhist nun

The Bhikkhuni order is re-established in Bangladesh

Samaneri Gautami on her path towards becoming a bhikkhuni

An examination of equal opportunity for ordination and Buddhist education for women

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: This is a speech given by Ven. Santini at Smrti Park, Bihar State, India during the International Buddhist Sangha Conference this year. She has very generously allowed us to re-publish her