<i>Living Vinaya</i> in the United States: Emerging Female Monastic Sanghas in the West

<i>Living Vinaya</i> 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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ching-ning Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-04-01
Series:Religions
Subjects:
bhikshuni
sangha
Vinaya
Buddhism in the West
Buddhist nun
Thubten Chodron
Sravasti Abbey
bhikshuni ordination
lineage
transmission
Buddhism in America
monasticism
bhikshuni revival movement
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/10/4/248

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