Indian bhikkhunis set an example by offering up their physical forms to scientific research when they are no longer around
Mayura Saavi
From tradition to transformation: 150 years of Indo-Thai friendship amid the bhikkhuni renaissance
Mayura Saavi celebrates how 150 years of bilateral ties between India and Thailand have resulted in a milestone training event for male and female monastics
A Decade of Progress: Revolutionizing Bhikkhuni Ordination in Modern India
Celebrating the 10-year anniversary of the first higher ordination of monastic women in modern times
Sisterhood: Celebrating International Bhikkhuni Sangha Day 2023
The Mahaprajapati Gautami Educational Foundation marked the commemoration of the founder of the women’s monastic order with a two-day conference over 29 and 30 September
Manipur’s May Atrocity Exposes an Ongoing Cultural Malaise in India
Recent sexual crimes in the Indian state of Manipur prompt renewed scrutiny on the country’s treatment of women and handling of caste conflict
Mahaprajapati Gautami, Pioneer of the Women’s Movement in India
The stepmother of the Buddha should be credited with launching a movement that would shape women’s liberation in India for millennia to come