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
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Celebrating the 10-year anniversary of the first higher ordination of monastic women in modern times
Stately Refuge and Scented Friendship
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Rebecca shares her Bhutan 2023 travelogue, with highlights like meeting the Je Khenpo and teaching nuns the art of incense
Sisterhood: Celebrating International Bhikkhuni Sangha Day 2023
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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
Monasticism: Celibacy and Companionship are not only compatible, but crucial
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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
Eye on Southeast Asia: Monastic Gotami, Womanhood, and the Sangha’s Inspirational Power
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Burmese monastic Gotami’s personal example recaptures and renews a sense of the holy inspiration the Buddhist sangha has traditionally radiated
Eye on Southeast Asia: An Italian Gotami – A Young Woman’s Success and Struggle in Myanmar’s Female Monasticism
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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
The Passing of a Generation: In Memory of Ven. Ayyā Mie Vimalā of Königsberg
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A tribute to the life of a seminal bhikkhuni of the Sri Lankan Theravada tradition, who passed away suddenly in early January
A New Era for the Women’s Order: UTBSI’s First International Bhikkhuni Ordination in Bodh Gaya
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November’s mass ordination by the United Theravada Bhikkhuni Sangha International marks a critical shift in understanding the Buddhist women’s Order in the world
Summer Solstice Milestone: Bhutanese Nuns receive the Gelongma Vows
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A milestone mass ordination of women in Bhutan brings greater gender equality to women in Buddhism