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Preparing for Ordination

PREPARING FOR ORDINATION:
Reflections for Westerners Considering Monastic Ordination in the Tibetan Buddhist Tradition

Edited by Bhikshuni Thubten Chodron.
Published by
Life as a Western Buddhist Nun

 
Contents

Contents Page

Foreword
His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Introduction
Bhikshuni Thubten Chodron

The Benefits and Motivation for Monastic Ordination
Bhikshuni Thubten Chodron and Bhikshuni Tenzin Kacho

Being a Monastic in the West
Bhikshu Thich Nhat Hanh

If We Want to Work for the Good of All Beings, What Should We Do?
Bhikshu Gendun Rinpoche

H. H. the Dalai Lama Answers Questions at "Life as a Western Buddhist Nun"

A Letter to a Friend Considering Ordination
Bhikshuni Thubten Chodron

A Garland of Advice for Prospective Monastics
Bhikshuni Karma Lekshe Tsomo

Writing an Autobiography
Luminary Temple in Chia-I, Taiwan

Waiting for the Right Time
Upasaka Guy Rom

Protocol for Sangha in the Tibetan Tradition
Bhikshuni Karma Lekshe Tsomo

Appendix 1: The Sramanera and Sramanerika Ordination Ceremony: A Summary
Bhikshu Tenzin Josh

Appendix 2: The Sramanera/Sramanerika Precepts

Biographies of the Contributors

Glossary

Suggested Reading


Other related articles

 

 
Suggested Reading
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Bhikkhu, Thanissaro. The Buddhist Monastic Code. (For free distribution. Contact: The Abbot, Metta Forest Monastery, P.O. Box 1409, Valley Center, CA 92082 USA, 1994.)

Chodron, Thubten, ed. Blossoms of the Dharma: Living as a Buddhist Nun. Berkeley: North Atlantic Books, 2000.

Dhirasekera, Jotiya. Buddhist Monastic Discipline. Sri Lanka: Ministry of Higher Education Research Publication Series, 1982.

The Essentials of the Rules of Discipline for Sramanera and Sramanerikas. The Daily Requisites of Vinaya. English translator unknown. Los Angeles: International Buddhist Progress Society, 1988.

Gyatso, Tenzin. Advice from Buddha Shakyamuni Concerning a Monk's Discipline. Dharamsala, India: Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, 1982.

Hanh, Thich Nhat. For a Future to Be Possible. Berkeley, Parallax Press, 1993.

Hirakawa, Akira. Monastic Discipline for the Buddhist Nuns. Patna: K.P. Jayaswal Research Institute, 1982.

Horner, I.B. The Book of the Discipline, Part I-IV. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd., 1982.

The Profound Path of Peace, Issue No. 12, Feb. 1993. International Kagyu Sangha Association (c/o Gampo Abbey, Pleasant Bay, N.S. BOE 2PO, Canada).

Tekchok, Geshe. Monastic Rites. London: Wisdom Publications, 1985.

Tsomo, Karma Lekshe, ed. Sakyadhita: Daughters of the Buddha. New York: Snow Lion Publications, 1989.

Tsomo, Karma Lekshe. Sisters in Solitude: Two Traditions of Monastic Ethics for Women. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press, 1996.

Wijayaratna, Mohan. Buddhist Monastic Life. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990.

Yin, Venerable Bhikshuni Wu. Choosing Simplicity: A Commentary on the Bhikshuni Pratimoksa. Ithaca: Snow Lion, 2001.

Yin, Venerable Wu. Teachings on the Bhikshuni Pratimoksa. (Set of audio tapes made at Life as a Western Buddhist Nun, Bodhgaya, India, 1996. Contact: American Evergreen Buddhist Association, 13000 NE 84th St., Kirkland WA 98033, USA.)

 

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