An overview of the debate on full bhikshuni ordination and geshema convocation

Re-establishing the fourfold sangha

Exploring the indispensable female narrative in Buddhism

Approaching relationships with equanimity and loving-kindness

Witnessing the revival of the female monasticism in the Buddhist world

His Holiness shares his thoughts on the future of female monasticism

One of the first Western women to be ordained in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition

Interview with a pioneering Western Buddhist nun

Ordaining in the Mahayana tradition as a Vajrayana practitioner

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

Refugee, healer, author, teacher, Buddhist nun.

I almost never woke up to the five o'clock gong—the first gong of the day in a life, if not ruled by the gong, then certainly regulated by it. I didn’t have to pay attention to most of the gongs, only

A scholar visits the world of Northern Wei female patrons