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Full ordination for nuns—a status that has been denied women for almost a thousand years—has been revived in Tibetan Buddhism.
Full ordination for nuns—a status that has been denied women for almost a thousand years—has been revived in Tibetan Buddhism.
Ven. Karma Lekshe Tsomo reflects on the role of women in Buddhism and the work that still needs to be done.
The story of a Burmese nun persecuted because of her choice to ordain
Two nuns, Thubten Chodron and Ayya Tathaaloka, discuss the vital importance of friendship.
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.
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