Judith Hertog profiles the Sakyadhita International Association of Buddhist Women, which has been leading the way for gender equality in Buddhism for more than thirty years.
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The Cho-mos of Ladakh: From Servants to Practitioners
Nuns of Ladakh in a classroom. Photo by Justine Simon.
Jan Willis reveals why and how life is getting better for the nuns of Ladakh after the Sakyadhita conference in 1995.
The Time Has Come
The “eight heavy rules” institutionalize women’s second-class status in Buddhist monasteries, and in most lineages women are denied full ordination.
Bat Nha monastics: Update and overview
Brother Phap Lai of Plum Village sends this urgent message dated Dec. 9, 2009, concerning the conflict involving the monastics from Bat Nha.
Twenty Tibetan Buddhist nuns are first ever to earn Geshema degrees
A Geshema candidate at this year's Geshema examinations in Dharamsala, India. Photo via Tibetan Nuns Project (courtesy of Venerable Delek Yangdron).The Geshema degree is the highest training in the Gelugpa school of Buddhism, previously only available to men. Now, 20 nuns have earned Geshema degrees.
Tibetan Nuns Project educates female monastics
Rinchen Khando Choegyal fights the second-class status of female monastics in Tibetan Buddhism.
First-of-its-kind nuns’ training to take place in Washington State
Venerable Master Wuyin of Luminary International Buddhist Society leads a pilgrimage at Deer Park in Sarnath, India. Photo courtesy of Luminary International Buddhist Society.Living Vinaya in the West is the first training program offered in the U.S. for Western nuns with English translations and resources.
Tibetan nuns receive support and encouragement from HH the Dalai Lama
His Holiness the Dalai Lama recently met with a large group of Tibetan nuns, following a one-month intensive debate session.
Karmapa announces plan to restore nuns’ ordination
Karmapa announces plan to restore nuns’ vows in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition.
Hope and joy in photos of the first nuns to earn “doctorates” of Tibetan Buddhism
The geshema degree, equivalent to a doctorate, represents the highest level of training in the Gelugpa school of Buddhism. It was previously only awarded to men.