Tibetan Nuns Project

Happy Saga Dawa Duchen! Today is the holiest day in the Tibetan Buddhist calendar, celebrating the birth, enlightenment, and parinirvana of Shakyamuni Buddha. On this auspicious day, may everyone be inspired to act with greater kindness, compassion, wisdom and generosiity. May all beings be free of suffering and the causes of suffering. 🙏🙏🙏

Here is a wonderful report in by about the landmark two-day conference in Dharamsala on "WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT IN TIBETAN BUDDHISM" which brought together over 160 senior Buddhist nuns, scholars, and officials, including Rinchen Khando Choegyal and Youdon Aukatsang of the Tibetan Nuns Project. Key discussions highlighted the institutionalization of the Geshema degree (a doctorate equivalent) as a major milestone for gender equality. "Speakers and attendees emphasized that the conference resolved theological doubts, reshaped future education, and signaled a permanent, self-sustaining shift toward female leadership in Tibetan Buddhism."

CONFERENCE ON WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT IN TIBETAN BUDDHISM A landmark two-day conference in Dharamshala, titled "His Holiness ...

Far-reaching consequences... the ongoing disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz have led to a shortage of cooking gas in India. The world's most populous nation relies on LPG as its primary cooking fuel. Here are photos from Sherab Choeling Nunnery taken in April showing the nuns preparing meals on a traditional local chula using wood as fuel due to the LPG (gas cylinder) shortage. Sherab Choeling Nunnery in the remote Spiti Valley is home to 60 Tibetan Buddhist nuns and is one of seven nunneries supported by Tibetan Nuns Project donors.

86 nuns from 13 nunneries in India and Nepal gathered in Dharamsala for a 2-day conference on Women’s Empowerment in Tibetan Buddhism.

Women's Empowerment in Tibetan Buddhism conference held in Dharamshala - Tibet Post International Tibet post International

We recently got a new shipment of products made by the Tibetan Buddhist nuns in India, including malas, prayer flags, bags, dharma wheels etc. You can find them in our online store at tnp.org. If you have a moment, please tell us what products you like and why and we will share your feedback with the nuns who make the handicrafts and sacred objects. Share your comments below.