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Mahaprajapati or Vasumitra? Contrasting Representations of Female Buddhist Authority
Re-imagining female authority in texts and in everyday life
Uploaded 11 Apr 2018
Book Review: Wendy Garling’s <i>Stars at Dawn</i>
Exploring the indispensable female narrative in Buddhism
Uploaded 28 Oct 2016
Banning Ajahn Brahm’s speech on nuns was a spectacular own-goal
All religious traditions claim to exert moral and spiritual authority. Most of the great world faiths also like to believe they are aligned with the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) of the United N
Uploaded 30 May 2014
“Buddhism the only religion where I can be free as a woman” - Interview with Ven. Suniti
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
Uploaded 12 Oct 2013
The Legality of Ordaining Nuns according to Buddhist Law
Editor’s note: Ven. Analayo has kindly given Buddhistdoor International permission to republish his recent, groundbreaking, Vinaya-based study of nuns’ higher ordination. Because it is Vin
Uploaded 5 Oct 2013
Traditionally-minded Buddhists will benefit most from fully ordained nuns
Every Buddhist would find it difficult to contest the idea that Buddhism values spiritual authority. Buddhism’s need for legitimate transmission inevitably means upholding the monastic sangha as the p
Uploaded 24 Sep 2013
Traditionally-minded Buddhists will benefit most from fully ordained nuns
Every Buddhist would find it difficult to contest the idea that Buddhism values spiritual authority. Buddhism’s need for legitimate transmission inevitably means upholding the monastic sangha as the p
Uploaded 24 Sep 2013
Rita Gross: “Buddhism and Feminism have always shared a voice”
Although she is now retired, Professor Rita Gross cuts a familiar figure to her early days as an academic advocating gender equality. She remains a faithful Tibetan Buddhist, but fearless in critiquin
Uploaded 14 Aug 2013
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