A couple of weeks ago some photos appeared online advertising the line-up of confirmed guests for the upcoming Global Peace prayer festival in Thimphu, Bhutan (November 4th-11th) . It is fortunate to have realised Buddhist masters with pure lineages, such as HE 12th Tai Situpa and Gyaltsab Rinpoche, to join together and have Buddhist event… Continue reading “Pictures speak a thousand words”: All-male guest line-up photos for Bhutanese Global Peace Prayer Festival
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‘DIFFICULT’ AND WILD WOMEN: THE INVISIBILITY AND OVERLOOKING OF FEMALES IN BUDDHISM, PAST AND PRESENT, PATRIARCHAL ACADEMIA AND FEMALE TOKENISM
“Those who wish to attain supreme enlightenment in a man’s body are many, but those who wish to serve the aims of beings in a woman’s body are few indeed; therefore may I, until this world is emptied out, work for the benefit of sentient beings in a woman’s body.” --Noble Tara (Origin of the… Continue reading ‘DIFFICULT’ AND WILD WOMEN: THE INVISIBILITY AND OVERLOOKING OF FEMALES IN BUDDHISM, PAST AND PRESENT, PATRIARCHAL ACADEMIA AND FEMALE TOKENISM