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Tibetan Buddhist monastery, once all nuns, makes room for monks
By Tracy Simmons — April 26, 2023
Coed Tibetan Buddhist monasteries are rare, and the abbey’s newest senior teacher said the mix has taken some getting used to.
Buddhist leader in Bhutan fully ordains 144 women, resuming ancient tradition
By Haley Barker — June 21, 2022
(RNS) — Damcho Diana Finnegan, an American Tibetan Buddhist nun, called the ordination ceremony ‘a major step towards ending the institutionalized inequality between men and women in Tibetan Buddhism.’
Sravasti Abbey a dream fulfilled for American Budddhist nuns
By Tracy Simmons — May 7, 2012
NEWPORT, Wash. (RNS) Just outside of town, Sravasti Abbey is one of the only monastic communities in the West for Americans to study the Buddha's teachings. The abbey now has five U.S.-born, fully ordained nuns, which allows ceremonies to be held. By Tracy Simmons.
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