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  • Raymond Lam

Analysis: Sri Lanka’s Bhikkhuni ID ruling proves that Buddhist law remains reliant on state authority and support

Posted on June 19, 2025June 19, 2025by Teahouse

Buddhist leaders have little choice but to rely on state authority on certain legal matters like the equality of female monasticism

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  • Raymond Lam

Her Divine Person: The Buddhist Nun of Milan

Posted on February 15, 2025February 16, 2025by Teahouse

An extraordinary statuette from Afghanistan’s Gandhara region depicts a serene, gentle nun now in an Italian museum: the Nun of Milan

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  • Mayura Saavi

From tradition to transformation: 150 years of Indo-Thai friendship amid the bhikkhuni renaissance

Posted on May 16, 2024May 16, 2024by Teahouse

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

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A Decade of Progress: Revolutionizing Bhikkhuni Ordination in Modern India

Posted on November 27, 2023November 27, 2023by Teahouse

Celebrating the 10-year anniversary of the first higher ordination of monastic women in modern times

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  • Rebecca Wong

Stately Refuge and Scented Friendship

Posted on November 16, 2023November 21, 2023by Teahouse

Rebecca shares her Bhutan 2023 travelogue, with highlights like meeting the Je Khenpo and teaching nuns the art of incense

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  • Mayura Saavi

Sisterhood: Celebrating International Bhikkhuni Sangha Day 2023

Posted on October 26, 2023October 27, 2023by Teahouse

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

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  • Raymond Lam

Monasticism: Celibacy and Companionship are not only compatible, but crucial

Posted on March 18, 2023March 18, 2023by Teahouse

In the face of scandals involving sexual misconduct, it is not celibacy that needs reform, but rather monastic contact and communication with the opposite gender

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  • Raymond Lam

Eye on Southeast Asia: Monastic Gotami, Womanhood, and the Sangha’s Inspirational Power

Posted on March 9, 2023March 9, 2023by Teahouse

Burmese monastic Gotami’s personal example recaptures and renews a sense of the holy inspiration the Buddhist sangha has traditionally radiated

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  • Raymond Lam

Eye on Southeast Asia: An Italian Gotami – A Young Woman’s Success and Struggle in Myanmar’s Female Monasticism

Posted on February 26, 2023March 9, 2023by Teahouse

Italian-born Gotami’s ordination as a junior female monastic in the Burmese tradition sets her on a unique path toward institutional reform and revitalisation

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  • Raymond Lam

The Passing of a Generation: In Memory of Ven. Ayyā Mie Vimalā of Königsberg

Posted on January 20, 2023January 21, 2023by Teahouse

A tribute to the life of a seminal bhikkhuni of the Sri Lankan Theravada tradition, who passed away suddenly in early January

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