History, or Her-story, of Women in Buddhism
Ayya Tathaaloka on what is known about women in the early sangha and on how much of it went missing from the record.
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Talk · Tathālokā Therī · 2014History, or Her-story, of Women in Buddhism
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Ayya Tathaaloka
Ayya Tathaaloka, born in Washington, DC in 1968, is a Theravada bhikkhuni (fully ordained nun). After training for ten years under the Korean nun Myeong Seong Sunim, she received full ordination in Southern California in 1997. She co-founded Dhammadharini, a Theravada bhikkhuni community in California, and researches the history of the bhikkhuni sangha.
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