Personal Reflections Monasticism
My Time in Robes
A former monastic reflects on their time as a fully ordained bhikkhu and why they eventually made the decision to return to lay life.
Monasticism
Pain and Resilience Among Taiwan’s Buddhist Nuns
A writer and PhD candidate on how modern monastics use Buddhist teachings when dealing with death and suffering
Finding the Ox’s Footprints
Leaving home, resistance, and love
Personal Reflections Monasticism
The Sign of the Renunciant
On being a “sometimes secular” religious Buddhist—as a monk
Uncovering the Hidden World of Tibetan Female Lamas
In her new book, scholar Elisabeth Benard presents the first scholarly account of the Sakya Khon family’s jetsunmas
It’s 2020. What’s Happening with Bhikkhuni Ordination?
Ven. Canda is hoping to realize the Buddha’s goal of a fourfold assembly in her home country of the U.K.
Transmuting Sexual Energy
Celibate nun Ajahn Thaniya explains how she finds strength in renouncing sexual desire without repressing it.
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