
Bhikkhuni

Without offering further details, the junta stated that all charges against the so-called “Buddhist Bin Laden” had been dropped. Plus, Bhutanese monks support sexual education and Pasadena Buddhist temple hosts COVID-19 vaccine clinic. Tricycle looks back…

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.

Buddha Buzz Weekly: Thich Nhat Hanh Turns 93
Nonagenarian Thich Nhat Hanh celebrates a birthday, extradition treaty between China and Nepal is left unsigned, and a museum in Afghanistan restores Buddhist artifacts. Tricycle looks back at the events of this week in the Buddhist…

Magazine | A Day in the Dharma, Openings
A Day in the Dharma: Ven. Karma Lekshe Tsomo, cofounder of Sakyadhita
The professor of religion at the University of San Diego visits Mumbai, India, as an educator and pilgrim.

The Nuns’ Revolution: Restoration of Bhikkhuni Ordination
Three determined women take on the patriarchy by reviving an abandoned Buddhist tradition and becoming the first fully-ordained Theravada Buddhist nuns in their nations’ modern histories.

Fun Fact Friday
The first bhikkhuni

Bhikkhuni Ordination: Buddhism’s Glass Ceiling
And why it’s high time to break through it

The Story of One Burmese Nun
The story of a Burmese nun persecuted because of her choice to ordain

Putting an End to Buddhist Patriarchy
In order to become a force for social change, Buddhism needs to rid itself of enduring ills—the barring of female ordination first among them.

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