Buddhists are very fortunate that they can even critically examine the teachings of the Buddha. After all, the Buddha ...

Nagpur: A group of Buddhist monks and community leaders, headed by former minister and MLA Nitin Raut, appealed to chief ...

The Supreme Court has declared that the Commissioner General of the Department for the Registration of Persons violated fundamental rights of a Buddhist nun by refusing to issue a National Identity ...

The Supreme Court yesterday directed the Commissioner General of the Department of Registration of Persons to issue a National Identity Card (NIC) to a Buddhist Bhikkhuni, recognising her status as a ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Southeast Texans and beyond took a trip to the Buu Mon Buddhist Temple for the annual Garden Festival and Vesak observance this past weekend. “I was ...

Celebrate Buddha Purnima 2025 by learning about the remarkable women who defied societal norms and became influential figures in Buddhist history and practice.

Breaking Barriers Despite the growing presence of female monastics, Vietnam’s Theravada Bhikkhuni Sangha remains relatively small, with only around 200 Bhikkhunis and samaneris and 300 eight-precept ...

The first Sri Lankan bhikkhuni to be ordained in recent times is Bhikkhuni Kusuma. Ven. Bhikkhuni Kusuma M.A., Ph.D. in her book Revival of the Bhikkhuni Ordination in Sri Lanka explains the research ...

Following Venerable Dhammananda's ordination, other Thai women, such as Venerable Nandayani Bhikkhuni, also ordained in Sri Lanka and have since established bhikkhunī monasteries throughout Thailand.

Venerable Canda Theri Bhikkhuni is the only fully ordained bhikkhuni, or female Buddhist monastic, in the UK.

Rasicot (Finding Venerable Mother) presents a flattering and digressive biography of Bhikkhuni Dhammananda (born Chatsumarn Kabilsingh), who in 2003 became the first modern Thai woman to receive ...

Ven. Bhikkhuni Lieu Phap Viditadhamma Theri, secretary and coordinator of the United Theravāda Bhikkhuni Sangha International and abbess of Sunnata Bhikkhuni Arama – Ni Vien Vien Khong, one of ...