Olivier Adam's Articles on Lions Roar

Tenzin Palmo: There Is Nothing a Woman Can’t Accomplish

by Dominique Butet and Olivier Adam| March 8, 2023

Dominique Butet and Olivier Adam profile Tibetan nun Tenzin Palmo, who is changing the role of women in Tibetan Buddhist traditions.

Tibetan Buddhist Nuns Debate Under the Bodhi Tree at the 26th Annual Jang Gonchoe

by Dominique Butet and Olivier Adam| January 24, 2023

Dominique Butet and Olivier Adam report on the 26th Annual Tibetan Nuns’ Winter Debate (Jang Gonchoe) in Bodhgaya.

Hope and joy in photos of the first nuns to earn “doctorates” of Tibetan Buddhism

by Dominique Butet and Olivier Adam| January 13, 2017

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.

Tenzin Palmo: There Is Nothing a Woman Can’t Accomplish

Tibetan Buddhist Nuns Debate Under the Bodhi Tree at the 26th Annual Jang Gonchoe

Hope and joy in photos of the first nuns to earn “doctorates” of Tibetan Buddhism

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