Freda Bedi: The Making of a Buddhist Nun
Andrew Whitehead
12 August 2016
Fifty years ago, an English woman, Freda Bedi, became one of the first Westerners to be ordained as a Tibetan Buddhist nun some time after
Anukampa Bhikkhuni Project: The First Buddhist Nunnery in the UK
Paul Michael Burton
5 August 2016
The run-up to October this year will see exciting steps being taken towards establishing the UK’s first ever monastery for bhikkhunis (Pali; fully ordained Buddhist
Building Bridges Between the United States and Nepal, the Story of a Divine Collaboration
Harsha Menon, MA, MFA
22 July 2016
Tsoknyi Nepal Nuns (TNN) is one of many projects initiated by the revered Nepalese Tibetan Buddhist teacher Venerable Tsoknyi Rinpoche III, a tulku (incarnate lama) in the
Annual Geshema Examinations Held in Dharamsala
Craig C Lewis
3 May 2016
The fourth Geshema examination began on Sunday at Gaden Choeling Nunnery in Dharamsala, in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.
Nuns in Dharamsala Participate in Winter Debate before the Dalai Lama
Craig C Lewis
2 November 2015
Nuns from seven nunneries participating in the annual Great Winter Debate—gathered in Dharamsala to make a debate presentation before the Dalai Lama.