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Sakyadhita

By Munisha on Tue, 17 Sep, 2024 - 07:36

Sakyadhita

By Munisha on Tue, 17 Sep, 2024 - 07:36

Sakyadita is a worldwide association of Buddhist women. It holds an international conference every two years, at which Triratna Order members have spoken in previous years.

As they say on their website, “Sakyadhita provides a communications network among Buddhist women internationally. We promote research and publications on Buddhist women’s history and other topics of interest. Our members strive to create equal opportunities for women in all Buddhist traditions. We work to empower the world’s 300 million Buddhist women to work for...

Windhorse Publications

Celebrating International Women's Day

By Windhorse Publi... on Wed, 8 Mar, 2023 - 13:00

Celebrating International Women's Day

By Windhorse Publi... on Wed, 8 Mar, 2023 - 13:00

Today is International Women’s Day. Marked annually since 1911, it’s a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity.

This year’s theme is ‘Embrace Equity.’ Equity is not the same as equality. Both are important, but they are very different. Equality means each individual or group of people is given the same resources or opportunities. Equity recognises that each person has different circumstances, and allocates the...

Buddhist Centre Features

International Women’s Day 2023: A Fundraiser for Tiratanaloka Unlimited

By Centre Team on Tue, 7 Feb, 2023 - 23:18

International Women’s Day 2023: A Fundraiser for Tiratanaloka Unlimited

By Centre Team on Tue, 7 Feb, 2023 - 23:18

Saturday March 18th: Subhadramati and friends celebrating equal ordination for women

To celebrate this year’s International Women’s Day, we’re teaming up with Manchester Buddhist Centre in the UK to shine a spotlight on one of Triratna’s distinctive emphases – equal ordination for women. In fact, when Sangharakshita our founder created our Order in 1968 the very first person to be ordained was a woman.

Subhadramati, Dhammadinna, Dayanandi and friends will tell this 55 year history through their personal experiences. And...

Karuna Fundraisers

Supporting Girls’ and Women’s Rights to Reproductive Health in Nepal

By Ananta on Tue, 26 Jul, 2022 - 19:27

Supporting Girls’ and Women’s Rights to Reproductive Health in Nepal

By Ananta on Tue, 26 Jul, 2022 - 19:27

A little known area of the work of the Karuna network - the UK, Germany and the USA - is in supporting women’s reproductive rights and other basic rights.

A common phenomenon across South Asia is a practice of periodically excluding girls and women from participating in their regular life, with no access to public areas. They are locked out of the house to sleep in stables or shacks. This often leads to hypothermia,...

Jobs, Volunteering & Communities

Online Womens GFR group on Sundays at 5pm

By Maitriyogini on Sun, 12 Jun, 2022 - 09:50

Online Womens GFR group on Sundays at 5pm

By Maitriyogini on Sun, 12 Jun, 2022 - 09:50

UPDATE: Thank you for your responses. The group filled very quickly! Sorry not to be able to take everyone interested, but it seems like there is interest! Perhaps you could start one yourself? Metta, Caroline

Would you like to join us?

We are three women in our 20s and 30s training for ordination - Alexandra (Worcester), Cara (Croydon) and Caroline (Adhisthana) and meet weekly online in Sundays at 5pm for an hour or so.

If you are looking for an online GFR group do...

Windhorse Publications

Out now: ‘I Hear Her Words: An Introduction to Women in Buddhism’

By Windhorse Publi... on Fri, 18 Jun, 2021 - 13:00

Out now: ‘I Hear Her Words: An Introduction to Women in Buddhism’

By Windhorse Publi... on Fri, 18 Jun, 2021 - 13:00

As a female student and practitioner of Buddhism, at times I feel frustrated by the underrepresentation of women in Buddhist texts and iconography. To give just one example, out of the forty-six figures on Triratna’s refuge tree, only two are female. Frustrated I may be, but I probably shouldn’t be surprised. As author Alice Collett points out in Windhorse Publications’ latest release, I Hear Her Words: An Introduction to Women in Buddhism, Buddhism was born and developed within ancient...

Triratna Women

International Women's Day 2021: Kusaladevi

By kusaladevi on Sun, 14 Mar, 2021 - 17:00

International Women's Day 2021: Kusaladevi

By kusaladevi on Sun, 14 Mar, 2021 - 17:00

I’m Kusaladevi and I was ordained in 2015 at Akashavana retreat centre in Spain. I live in Nottingham in the UK, with my partner Paraga, who is also a member of the Triratna Buddhist Order. I’m the chair at the Buddhist centre in Nottingham, so most of my days are spent preparing, supporting and leading events for the Sangha (Buddhist community), meeting Sangha members and doing various tasks to ensure things run well at the Buddhist Centre. I also...

Triratna Women

International Women's Day 2021: Saddhajala

By saddhajala on Sun, 14 Mar, 2021 - 13:30

International Women's Day 2021: Saddhajala

By saddhajala on Sun, 14 Mar, 2021 - 13:30

I was ordained at Akashavana in 2019. I live in Krakow/Poland. I live on my own renting a small flat near the river and our Buddhist Centre. I am working for the Buddhist Centre as a Centre manager so my life is mostly focused around the sangha, working closely with my centre team, creating conditions for the centre to grow, and supporting the women’s wing in Poland. At the moment I am spending quite a bit of my time sitting in...

Triratna Women

International Women's Day 2021: Tarahridaya

By Tarahridaya on Sat, 13 Mar, 2021 - 09:06

International Women's Day 2021: Tarahridaya

By Tarahridaya on Sat, 13 Mar, 2021 - 09:06

I am Tarahridaya and I was ordained on 23rd January 2005. I live in Pune (Maharashtra) India, with my two children. My son is 24 and my daughter is 21. My son is doing a job and my daughter has recently finished her graduation. My husband is also an order member, call Abhayaraja, we married 28 years ago. We both are working for the Triratna Buddhist movement. At present I am working in the women’s ordination process training team.

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Triratna Women

International Women's Day 2021: Sadayasihi

By Sadayasihi on Sat, 13 Mar, 2021 - 09:03

International Women's Day 2021: Sadayasihi

By Sadayasihi on Sat, 13 Mar, 2021 - 09:03

I’m Sadayasihi. I was ordained in 2016 in Akashavana, Spain and I currently live in a Buddhist community in Dublin, Ireland with two other women. I work full-time for The Buddhist Centre Online and I’m also involved in activities around the Dublin Buddhist Centre. In my spare time I like reading, playing cooperative board games and continuing my attempts to learn the ukulele! I’m looking forward to the day when I can go for a long hike in the Wicklow...

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