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REL 190|WGSS 190: Buddhist Women through the Ages

Mahapajapati Gotami, the first Buddhist nun.

Podcasts

Open Question - Buddhist woman practitioner helps demystify some of the most common misconceptions about Buddhism

Path of the Sacred Feminine

Conversation with Sister Ayya Dhammadhira, a Bhikkuni

Everyday Buddhism with Wendy Shinyo Haylett

Gyatso, Janet.  "Women in Tibetan Buddhism: Problems and Promise in both Theory and practice", talk by Harvard professor at Lehigh University. 

Online Readings

A couple of articles not included in the bibliography:

Bodhi, Bhikkhu (2009): The Revival of Bhikkhunī Ordination in the Theravāda Tradition

http://bhikkhunicommittee.googlepages.com/RevivalBhkni-Final-4.pdf

Deleanu, Florin (2010): Transmission and Creation: Ordinations for Nuns in Ancient and Early Mediaeval Japan

Transmission and Creation: Ordinations for Nuns in Ancient and Early Mediaeval Japan (PDF)

Dharma, Bhikkhuni Dr. Karuna (2007): My Experiences in Ordaining Bhikkhunis

My Experiences in Ordaining Bhikkhunis (PDF)

Seeger, Dr. Martin et al (2007): The Revival of the Theravada Nun Order in Thailand: Scriptual Authority and Cultural Resistance. "The Changing Roles of Thai Buddhist Women: Obscuring Identities and Increasing Charisma"

The Changing Roles of Thai Buddhist Women (Abstract)

Sunim , Bhikṣuṇī Myoŏm (2007): The Structure and Curriculum of the Bhikṣuṇī Vinaya Institute of the Pongnyŏngsa Nunnery in Korea

The Structure and Curriculum of the Bhikṣuṇī Vinaya Institute of the Pongnyŏngsa Nunnery in Korea (PDF)

Vargas-O'Bryan, Dr. Ivette Maria (2007): Remembering the Ordained Nuns: Models for Modern Tibetan Communities

Remembering the Ordained Nuns (PDF)

Enlightenment is a Male Fantasy - Gesshin Greenwood

find article here