The “1st International Congress on Buddhist Women’s Role in the Sangha: Bhikshuni Vinaya and Ordination Lineages” was held at the University of Hamburg from July 18-20, 2007, in cooperation with the University’s Asia-Africa Institute.
Information about Developments after the Congress
This website still enjoys about 700 visitors per month. We therefore decided to keep this website as information on the congress uploaded. Researchers, speakers and participants thus have the possibility to keep informed and share information. Suggestions for improvement are most welcome. Please understand that we can only upload information we receive. Please contact: JampaTsedroen@gmx.de
Proceedings and Live-Recordings
The Proceedings of the International Congress on Buddhist Women will be published by Wisdom Publications iin autumn 2009.
Some photos of the congress.
Live-Recordings of the congress on CD and DVD can be ordered via this PDF form.
Research Projects und Conferences
Current Press Coverages
- Bangkok Post online 28/04/2009: The bhikkhuni question
Re-examining conventional wisdom on the issue of bhikkhunis in the Theravada Buddhist tradition
Buddhismus (Foundation for Buddhist Studies) and
takes place in co-operation with the
Asia-Africa-Institute of the University of Hamburg.
See our list of sponsors.
