As we celebrate Buddha Purnima 2025 on May 23, a day of spiritual renewal for Buddhists worldwide, it’s essential to remember the women who have walked the path of enlightenment alongside the ...

Reiko Ohnuma, a scholar of South Asian Buddhism, argues that Maya is remembered in Buddhist tradition as an idealized, if ...

A minor in Buddhist studies is an excellent adjunct to majors in such fields as religion, philosophy, American studies, anthropology, art history, Asian studies, comparative literature, East Asian ...

The first fully ordained Thai female monk in the Theravada tradition caused a controversy that continues 15 years later.

Dr. Amanda Foreman discusses the origins and development of Buddhism in China, with particular reference made to the part played by women in it. She talks about the role of Empress Wu in promoting ...

See Lori Meeks, Hokkeji and the Reemergence of Female Monastic Orders in Premodern Japan (Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2010), esp. 33–48. In calling this an ethical practice, I am referring ...

When Lady Chrysobel Rajapakse breathed her last a few months ago, there ended a wonderful life dedicated to Buddhist women's activities and the care of the needy. She was the last surviving Founder ...

In 1997, the Dalai Lama said that according to traditional Buddhist texts: "Sexual organs were created for reproduction between the male element and the female element — and everything that ...