Mahapajapati Gotami: The Buddha's aunt and foster mother, she became the first woman to request and receive ordination, establishing the Bhikkhuni Sangha (Order of Nuns). Sanghamitta: Daughter of ...

I was about to get my head shaved. At the Dhutanga Insight Meditation Center—an all bhikkhuni (female monk) spiritual sanctuary tucked away in nature outside the bustling city of Bangkok—Punya ...

Despite the odds, the Bhikkhuni movement in Thailand is growing, quietly challenging a patriarchal system that denies women the right to fully embrace the monastic path. Thailand has about 250,000 ...

These female monastic practice centers have initiated temporary ordination programs for female monks, or “bhikkhuni.” These centers host special programs once or twice a year, where up to 100 ...

These female monastic practice centers have initiated temporary ordination programs for female monks, or “bhikkhuni.” These centers host special programs once or twice a year, where up to 100 ...

In a world increasingly defined by environmental challenges and social inequality, Bhikkhuni Lieu Phap Viditadhamma, Deputy Head of the Department of Dhamma English of the Vietnam Buddhist University ...

The arrival of Arahant Theri Sanghamitta opened the doors for women to join the Bhikkhuni Sangha. Yet today, centuries later the ordination of bhikkhunis is not formally accepted in Sri Lanka, despite ...

In some parts of the world women have not been permitted to get full ordination as a bhikkhuni and this has left nuns in a subordinate position. There are situations wherein the junior most monk ...

Although women received ordination as early as the sixth century BC, when Mahapajapati Gotami, Buddha’s maternal aunt and adoptive mother, became the first bhikkhuni nun, a number of early texts ...

Buddhist bhikkhu and bhikkhuni (male and female monastics) from Karnataka performed the rituals as per Buddhist rituals before Kanimozhi laid the stone. Initially, the statue was slated to be ...

Venerable Canda Theri Bhikkhuni is the only fully ordained bhikkhuni, or female Buddhist monastic, in the UK. She founded the Anukampa Bhikkhuni Project, which aims to provide the country’s ...