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About Śikṣamāṇā

In Buddhism, a śikṣamāṇā is a female novice trainee. This training period is to be two years long, supervised by both a monk and a nun. After this period, the trainee may attempt full ordination as a bhikṣuṇī.
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Honorific Buddhist titles – religious positions & qualifications

28
Jul
2022
Culture, Dharma
  • Rinpoche

  • Lama

  • Bodhisattva

  • Dalai Lama

  • Karmapa

  • Sunim

  • Geshe

  • Tulku

  • Mahasiddha

  • Lotsawa

  • +59
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

16
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

  • +22
Monks outside the temple at the Tibetan Buddhist monastery, Rato Dratsang

The forms of organized Buddhist monasticism

18
May
2022
Monasteries, Monks
  • Sangha

  • Buddhist monk

  • Ordination

  • Bhikkhu

  • Vinaya

  • Vihāra

  • Mahavihara

  • Monastic education

  • Mahapajapati Gotami

  • Vajracharya

  • +32
Rigveda (padapatha) manuscript in Devanagari, early 19th century

Glossary of Sanskrit words & phrases

6
Aug
2017
Dharma, Hinduism
  • Dharma

  • Guru

  • Mudra

  • Sangha

  • Samsara

  • Maitreya

  • Bodhi

  • Dharmakāya

  • Bhikkhu

  • Sambhogakaya

  • +272

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