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.
A large part of the proceedings of the International Congress on Buddhist Women's Role in the Sangha has been published by Wisdom Publications in May 2010. For Details see www.wisdompubs.org.
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Papers presented during the Congress, but not included in "Dignity and Discipline" as well as other essays realted to the congress topic you can download for free here .
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
The CWB is currently undertaking efforts to develop communication materials to act upon the 7/18/2009 recommendation to the CWB by Mr. Gonpo Puntsok of the Department of Religion and Culture in Dharamsala that if the CWB committee could lobby the community of bhikshu masters using reliable vinaya sources and in harmony with vinaya teachings and Buddha Dharma, to bring about a consensus on accepting a method to make bhikshuni ordination available in the Tibetan tradition, it would bring great satisfaction for every party connected to it.
Photos and Live-Recordings
Some photos of the congress.
Live-Recordings of the congress on CD and DVD can be ordered via this PDF form.
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