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Transmuting Sexual Energy

Celibate nun Ajahn Thaniya explains how she finds strength in renouncing sexual desire without repressing it.

Feb 14, 2019

Trike Daily Society & Environment

Time for Radical Change in How We Raise Our Tulkus

Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse writes that current training is not preparing young lineage holders for maturity and spiritual leadership.

By Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche

Aug 22, 2016

shayne clark, a professor and expert on early buddhist monasticism

Rules for Pregnant Nuns & Married Monks

An interview with Buddhist Studies scholar Shayne Clarke

By Mary Talbot, Photography by Christoph Benfey

Summer 2016

Close up photo of white flowers and leaves, buddhism celibacy

The Joy of No Sex

A lay practitioner reveals one of the most liberating decisions of her life: celibacy.

By Mary Talbot

Winter 2014

Ayya Anandabodhi and Ayya Santacitta, two Theravada Buddhist monks who support full ordination

Making the Sangha Whole Again

The Buddha accepted full ordination for women. But in the centuries since, they have been barred from this legacy. Two nuns help revive the female monastic line.

By Emma Varvaloucas

Winter 2014

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You Can’t Be Yourself By Yourself: Overcoming Structural Selfishness

In this Dharma Talk, Malcolm Martin proposes the term "structural selfishness" to discuss the ways that a fixed idea of self hinders our practice, while offering insight on how to embrace the complexity of interdependence.

Malcolm Martin

Jun 2022

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