About Myokyo-ni

Ven. Myokyo-ni was a Rinzai Zen Buddhist nun and head of the Zen Centre in London.

Thích Nhất Hạnh leading a namo avalokiteshvaraya chanting session

The most prominent Zen Buddhist spiritual teachers

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Biography, Zen

Thích Nhất Hạnh

Zen master

D. T. Suzuki

Zoketsu Norman Fischer

Sheng-yen

Hsuan Hua

Reb Anderson

Mel Weitsman

Edward Espe Brown

Seongcheol

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Dhammananda Bhikkhuni, the first modern Thai woman to receive full ordination as a Theravada bhikkhuni and Abbess of Songdhammakalyani Monastery, the only temple in Thailand where there are bhikkhunis.

Fully ordained Buddhist nuns – people & concepts

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Jun

2022

Monks

Mahapajapati Gotami

Pema Chödrön

Sundari Nanda (half-sister of Buddha)

Śikṣamāṇā

Freda Bedi

Bhikkhunī

Khema was a Buddhist bhikkhuni, or nun, who was one of the top female disciples of the Buddha. She is considered the first of the Buddha's two chief female disciples, along with Uppalavanna. Khema was born into the royal family of the ancient Kingdom of Madra, and was the wife of King Bimbisara of the ancient Indian kingdom of Magadha. Khema was convinced to visit the Buddha by her husband, who hired poets to sing about the beauty of the monastery he was staying at to her. She attained enlightenment as a laywoman while listening to one of the Buddha's sermons, considered a rare feat in Buddhist texts. Following her attainment, Khema entered the monastic life under the Buddha as a bhikkhuni. According to Buddhist tradition, the Buddha declared her his female disciple foremost in wisdom. Her male counterpart was Sariputta.

Khema

Uppalavanna

Dhammadharini Vihara

Pema Trinle

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