The ordination of around 270 women will be presided over by the chief abbot of the Bhutanese nation
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Summer Solstice Milestone: Bhutanese Nuns receive the Gelongma Vows
A milestone mass ordination of women in Bhutan brings greater gender equality to women in Buddhism
Mahaprajapati Gautami: The First Buddhist Nun
Statue of Mahaprajapati Gautami at Upaya Zen Center, USA. From womeninbuddhismtour-india.blogspot.com Mahaprajapati Gautami was the aunt and foster mother of prince Siddhartha. She raised him after the death of her sister, the Buddha’s mother: Mayadevi. The meaning of the Sanskrit name Mahaprajapati is “The great patroness of all beings” and Gautami is the female equivalent […]