female ordination

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.

Interview with Ven. Canda by Karen Jensen

Mar 24, 2020

The Nuns’ Revolution: Restoration of Bhikkhuni Ordination

By Malgorzata Dobrowolska

Mar 2019

Meet Burma’s Feminist Buddhist Nun

How Ketu Mala is working to change opinions about gender in a highly traditional Buddhist country

By Jennifer Rigby

Jan 08, 2017

buddhist nuns in pink robes for a story on bhikkhuni ordination

Bhikkhuni Ordination: Buddhism’s Glass Ceiling

And why it’s high time to break through it

By Mary Talbot

Fall 2016

Trike DailySociety & Environment

Comrades in Alms

Ven. Thubten Chodron discusses the challenges and joys of being a Western Buddhist monastic

By Marie Scarles

Feb 25, 2016

The Story of One Burmese Nun

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

By Christine Toomey

Spring 2016

Trike DailySociety & Environment

Why Are Myanmar Nuns Not Granted the Same Respect as Monks?

Due to patriarchy, nuns have to struggle to live with dignity.

By Ei Cherry Aung

Aug 07, 2015

Tibetan Buddhist Leader Blazes an Innovative Trail

To his followers, Dorje is the 17th Karmapa—the leader of the Karma Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism and the latest in a line of reincarnated Tibetan teachers, or lamas, stretching back to the 12th century. He’s been training for that role since the age of 7, when other important lamas recognized him as the reincarnation […]

By Joshua Eaton

Mar 30, 2015

Trike Daily

A Tibetan Buddhist Nun Blazes a Trail for Other Women to Follow

Founded by Thubten Chodron, Sravasti Abbey is one of the only communities in the US where women can become fully ordained in the tradition.

By Tracy Simmons

Feb 02, 2015

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