The empress, like many other rulers at the time, legitimized her reign through Buddhism, portraying herself either as a ...

What is missing, however, from these images are Buddhist women. What does enlightenment look like for them? I’m a scholar of women and gender in Buddhism, and one of the key questions driving my ...

When Lady Chrysobel Rajapakse breathed her last a few months ago, there ended a wonderful life dedicated to Buddhist women's activities and the care of the needy. She was the last surviving Founder ...

Women were not allowed to devote themselves ... This mode of helping souls out of purgatory brings in a large revenue to the Buddhist priesthood as well as to the Roman Catholic.

Arundhathi Subramaniam's "Wild Women" explores sacred Indian poetry by and for women, offering a diverse and inspirational anthology.

Buddhist temples come in different shapes and ... Some Buddhists might have a shrine at home too. These are men and women who have chosen to devote themselves to Buddhism. Depending on the temple ...