Living Vinaya in the United States: Emerging Female Monastic Sanghas in the West

From late January to early February 2018, the first Vinaya course in the Tibetan tradition offered in the United States to train Western nuns was held in Sravasti Abbey. Vinaya masters and senior nuns from Taiwan were invited to teach the Dharmaguptaka Vinaya, which has the longest lasting bhikṣuṇī...

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Main Author: Wang, Ching-ning (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI [2019]
In: Religions
Year: 2019, Volume: 10, Issue: 4, Pages: 1-19
Further subjects:B Buddhism in America
B bhikshuni ordination
B Monasticism
B bhikshuni
B Transmission
B Buddhism in the West
B Lineage
B bhikshuni revival movement
B Buddhist nun
B Sangha
B Sravasti Abbey
B Vinaya
B Thubten Chodron
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