Mass Evictions Reported at Yarchen Gar Buddhist Monastery in China’s Sichuan Province
Craig C Lewis
12 June 2019
Some 3,500 monastics reportedly removed from the…
Female Buddhist Monastics in Thailand Continue to Fight for Equality
Craig C Lewis
7 January 2019
Movement for female ordination gathers pace
Thailand’s Buddhist Monks Urged to Watch their Waistlines amid Obesity Epidemic
Craig C Lewis
27 December 2018
Sugary foods and sedentary monastic life…
Buddhistdoor View: Reflections on the Controversies in the Thai Buddhist Monastic Order
Buddhistdoor Global
12 June 2018
Re-examining Thailand’s monastic life and…
Changing Mindsets: Tashi Zangmo and the Bhutan Nuns Foundation
Caitlin Dwyer
16 May 2018
Empowering female monastics in Bhutan
Bhutan Nuns Foundation Poised to Launch New Training Center for Female Monastics with First Resident Nuns
Craig C Lewis
18 April 2018
Major landmark for empowering Buddhist…
Khenmo Konchog Nyima Drolma: Serving the Dharma and Sowing the Seeds of Monasticism in the West
Harsha Menon, MA, MFA
12 May 2017
There is a Western Tibetan nun presently working to establish a Tibetan Buddhist nunnery in the US state of Maine. Khenmo Konchog Nyima Drolma is the
Venerable Hāsapañña: Finding Contentment in Solitude
Caitlin Dwyer
28 April 2017
Just 45 minutes outside of Perth, the state capital of Western Australia, lies a sprawling acreage of dry forest. Fires can scorch the forest in
Anukampa Bhikkhuni Project: Nuns’ Monastery Set to Become Reality
Venerable Candā
9 December 2016
Following Ajahn Brahm’s much-anticipated visit to the UK, the team at Anukampa Bhikkhuni Project are moving nearer to their aim of establishing a bhikkhuni monastery
When There is Here. A Monk Returns Home to a New Awakening
Malcolm Hunt
19 August 2016
The small van drove through the archway of the monastery where I had been ordained and spent four years of my life as a monk.
Taking Refuge: Kaira Jewel Lingo
Caitlin Dwyer
13 May 2016
“Since I was 14, I’ve been looking for community,” says Kaira Jewel Lingo. A former Zen Buddhist nun, Lingo is now a lay teacher living