A Zen and Theravada monastic bridges traditions, languages, and worlds

Ayya Adhimutti describes her ordination as a samaneri in the Thai Forest Tradition

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

Exploring the indispensable female narrative in Buddhism

Witnessing the revival of the female monasticism in the Buddhist world

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

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

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