Buddhistdoor View: 21 June – Auspicious Conditions to Grow the Bhikshuni Order
Buddhistdoor Global
2 July 2022
Why the ordination of women on the summer solstice in Bhutan is so important
Book Review: Wendy Garling’s The Woman Who Raised the Buddha
Nina Müller
8 March 2021
Learning to hear women’s voices in Buddhist history
Thai Cave Boys Complete Nine Day Ordination as Novice Monks
Anne Wisman
7 August 2018
Football team and their coach ordained in honor…
Thai Cave Boys and Coach to Enter Monkhood in Honor of Fallen Diver
Anne Wisman
18 July 2018
Temporary ordination is a traditional way of making…
Exclusive Interview: The 17th Karmapa and the Buddhist Nuns of the Tibetan tradition
Dominique Butet
19 August 2016
Our initial motive for documenting the lives of Tibetan Buddhist nuns through our photography stemmed from the fact that for many years, the Western world
Attending the Bhikshuni Ordination in Taiwan – 12 November–17 December 2015
Venerable Pema Chodron
10 June 2016
The monastic ordinations performed in Taiwan are renowned among the sanghas of the various Buddhist traditions for being extremely rigorous. The Chinese practice entails long
Buddhistdoor View: Monasticism for the Young—A Considered Choice?
Buddhistdoor Global
30 October 2015
Children should always have an opportunity to enjoy the diversity and profundity of religious experience. Yet the actual acceptance of the Buddha-Dharma and a life of practice
The Journey of Women Going Forth into the Bhikkhuni Order in Bangladesh: An Interview with Samaneri Gautami, Part 2
John Cannon
25 September 2015
This article forms part of the “Buddhist Voices from the Land of Rivers” series, which is based on visits by the authors to Buddhist sites
The Journey of Women Going Forth into the Bhikkhuni Order in Bangladesh: An Interview with Samaneri Gautami, Part 1
John Cannon
21 August 2015
This article forms part of the “Buddhist Voices from the Land of Rivers” series, which is based on visits by the authors to Buddhist sites