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  • Nachaya Campbell-Allen

Book Review: “Awakening with Ease”

Posted on November 26, 2024December 24, 2024by Teahouse

Nachaya Campbell-Allen examines a unique memoir that shows the individual path forward to a liberated approach to life

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  • Raymond Lam

Ongoing progress in the full monastic ordination of women: Vajrayana

Posted on May 8, 2024May 8, 2024by Teahouse

Thanks to the mighty efforts of female practitioners, scholars, and supporters, the Diamond Vehicle’s bhikshuni sangha of the Mulasarvastivada Vinaya is going strong into its 2nd year of modern revival

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  • Raymond Lam

Ongoing progress in the full monastic ordination of women: Theravada

Posted on May 6, 2024May 9, 2024by Teahouse

The global Theravada bhikkhuni community is thriving, with progress being made on multiple fronts

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  • Dr. Priyanka Jain

Mother, Surrogate, Wife: They Knew Better

Posted on March 12, 2024March 12, 2024by Teahouse

A story through the eyes of the Buddha’s women, in celebration of Women’s History Month 2024

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  • Raymond Lam

A Day Trip to Sacred Places in Kathmandu

Posted on February 1, 2024February 1, 2024by Teahouse

Kathmandu has an almost unmatched range of spiritually charged sites, from monasteries and nunneries to locales of folkloric significance

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  • Adele Tomlin

Pictures speak a thousand words: Was the International Sangha Forum event in Bodh Gaya another “old boy’s club” event?

Posted on December 31, 2023January 25, 2024by Teahouse

Adele Tomlin examines how a recent event intended to represent the sangha falls short of full and proper representation for women and the Vajrayana schools

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  • Mayura Saavi

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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  • 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

Heiresses of Dharma: Pema Yangchen of Bhutan’s Ugyen Dongak Shedrup Dargye Ling

Posted on October 16, 2023October 13, 2023by Teahouse

Pema Yangchen of the Pedling lineage emerges from her father’s and brothers’ shadows to share her life, roles, and responsibilities

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  • Raymond Lam

Ayya Khema: A Last Rebirth of Unimaginable Richness and Depth

Posted on August 25, 2023August 28, 2023by Teahouse

Our 100-years anniversary tribute to one of the seminal monastic Buddhist women of the 20th century

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