This special section looks at monasticism East and West. Here, Westerners challenge the Asian traditions of granting supremacy to monastics over the laity, and of monks over nuns. Contemporary teachers in Europe and North America, influenced by views that go back to the Age of Enlightenment, bring their own heritage to bear on redefining the roles for seekers on the Buddhist path.
No Place to Hide: A Talk by the Director of Gampo Abbey, Ane Pema Chodron
Homelessness into Home: On the Origins of Buddhist Monasticism, by Stuart Smithers
Creating Sangha, by Stephen Batchelor
It’s Not Our Karma: Buddhist Nuns in Sri Lanka Call for Equality, by Laura M. Markowitz
Released from All Bounds: An Interview with Konchog Tendzin
What Does Being a Buddhist Mean to You? re: life as a korean nun
Clouds & Water: The Monastic Imperative, by John Daido Lori
The Merit of Becoming a Monk, by 13th-century Zen Master Dogen
Exile Spirit: Barbara Roether profiles Thanissaro Bhikkhu and the Metta Forest Monastery
Spring Sesshin at Shokoku-Ji, by Gary Snyder
Buddha in the Market: An Interview with Korean Zen Master Samu Sunim
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