About the Sakyadhita community!

Sakyadhita, the name of the International Association of Buddhist Women, means "Daughters of the Buddha." The objectives of Sakyadhita, as expressed at its founding meeting in 1987 in Bodhgaya, India, are:

To promote world peace through the practice of the Buddha's teachings

To create a network of communications for Buddhist women throughout the world

To promote harmony and understanding among the various Buddhist traditions

To encourage and help educate women as teachers of Buddhadharma

To provide improved facilities for women to study and practice the teachings

To help establish the Bhikshuni Sangha (community of fully-ordained nuns) where it does not currently exist.

• First International Congress on Buddhist Women's Role in the Sangha, Bhikshuni Sangha and Ordination Lineages in Hamburg, Germany
  


• Statement of HH the Dalai Lama on Bhikshuni Ordination in the Tibetan Tradition
  


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• Join Sakyadhita. Read an interview with President, Karma Lekshe Tsomo
  
  

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