TeachingsMagazine | Meet a Teacher, Teachings Meet a Teacher: Ayya Soma A Theravada bhikkhuni challenges gender divisions in monasticism. By Philip Ryan Summer 2025
Personal Reflections My Time in Robes A former monastic reflects on their time as a fully ordained bhikkhu and why they eventually made the decision to return to lay life. By Bradley Donaldson Mar 28, 2025
Culture Pain and Resilience Among Taiwan’s Buddhist Nuns A writer and PhD candidate on how modern monastics use Buddhist teachings when dealing with death and suffering By Nancy Chu Feb 13, 2025
Ideas Finding the Ox’s Footprints Leaving home, resistance, and love By James Ishmael Ford Jul 16, 2024
Personal Reflections The Sign of the Renunciant On being a “sometimes secular” religious Buddhist—as a monk By Michael Santi Keezing May 30, 2024
Personal Reflections Women’s Ordination, Past and Present A cofounder of the Sakyadhita International Association of Buddhist Women reflects on the progress that has been made toward full ordination for women—and the challenges that still remain. Karma Lekshe Tsomo in conversation with James Shaheen and Sharon Salzberg Mar 23, 2024
Ideas COVID Inside the Monastery Thai monks recount their experience during the pandemic By Brooke Schedneck Mar 13, 2023
Meditation Zen Monastic Practices at Home Is it possible—and necessary—to incorporate Zen monastic practices into our everyday lives? A Zen priest shares his advice. By Jundo Cohen Mar 12, 2023
Ideas Uncovering the Hidden World of Tibetan Female Lamas In her new book, scholar Elisabeth Benard presents the first scholarly account of the Sakya Khon family’s jetsunmas Interview with Elisabeth Benard by Sarah Fleming Jun 05, 2022