• 7th Sakyadhita International Conference on Buddhist Women (2002)

  • Location: Huafan University, Taipei, Taiwan

  • Theme: "Bridging Worlds"

  • Keynote Speaker: Annette Shu-lien Lu, Vice President of the Republic of China

  • Local Organizers: Christie Chang, Renlang Shih, Elise DeVido, Yuchen Li, Stefania Travagnin

  • International Organizers: Karma Lekshe Tsomo, Joanne Molyneaux, Becky Paxton, Carol Stevens

  • 8th Sakyadhita International Conference on Buddhist Women (2004)

  • Location: Joong Ang Sangha University, Seoul, Korea

  • Theme: "Discipline and Practice of Buddhist Women Past and Present"

  • Keynote Speakers: Kwangwoo Sunim, Anne Carolyn Klein, Paula Arai

  • Local Organizers: Bongak Sunim, Korean Bhikkhuni Association

  • International Organizers: Karma Lekshe Tsomo, Becky Paxton, Carol Stevens, Mary Jane Tiernan

  • 9th Sakyadhita International Conference on Buddhist Women (2006)

  • Location: Sau Seng Lum Hall, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

  • Theme: "Buddhist Women in a Global Multicultural Community"

  • Keynote Speaker: Sharon Suh

  • Local Organizers: Chang Heng Seek, Sing Kan Seek, Lee Terk Seek, Sally San

  • International Organizers: Karma Lekshe Tsomo, Christie Yuling Chang, Becky Paxton, Evelyn Diane Cowie, Carol Stevens

  • 10th Sakyadhita International Conference on Buddhist Women (2008)

  • Location: Hotel Mongolia, Ulaanbataar, Mongolia

  • Theme: "Buddhism in Transition: Tradition, Changes, and Challenges"

  • Keynote Speakers: Shundo Aoyama and Myeong Seong Sunim

  • Local Organizers: FPMT Mahayana Center

  • International Organizers: Karma Lekshe Tsomo, Christie Yuling Chang, Becky Paxton, Carol Stevens, Evelyn Diane Cowie

  • 11th Sakyadhita International Conference on Buddhist Women (2009-2010)

  • Location: Universal Light Monastery, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

  • Theme: "Eminent Buddhist Women"

  • Keynote Speaker: Julia Huang

  • Local Organizers: Vietnam Bhiksuni Association

  • International Organizers: Karma Lekshe Tsomo, Lien Bui, Christie Yuling Chang, Judy Liu, Becky Paxton, Carol Stevens

  • 12th Sakyadhita International Conference on Buddhist Women (2011)

  • Location: Sathira-Dhammasathan Center, Bangkok, Thailand

  • Theme: "Leading to Liberation"

  • Local Organizers: Maechee Sansanee Sthirasuta, members of the Sathira-Dhammasathan Community, Joy Punvadee Amornmaneekul

  • International Organizers: Karma Lekshe Tsomo, Christie Yuling Chang, Sister Malia Domenica Wong


international conferences

Sakyadhita Achievements: International Conferences 1987-2011

  • 1st Sakyadhita International Conference on Buddhist Women (1987)

  • Location: Kalachakra Temple, Bodhgaya, India

  • Theme: "Buddhist Nuns"

  • Keynote Speaker: His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama

  • Local Organizers: Karma Lekshe Tsomo, Wendy Barzetovic, Karma Dechen

  • International Organizers: Ayya Khema, Chatsumarn Kabilsingh

  • 2nd Sakyadhita International Conference on Buddhist Women (1991)

  • Location: Thammasat University (Ransit Campus), Bangkok, Thailand

  • Theme: "Buddhist Women in the Modern World"

  • Keynote Speaker: President, Thammasat University

  • Local Organizer: Chatsumarn Kabilsingh

  • International Organizer: Karma Lekshe Tsomo

  • 3rd Sakyadhita International Conference on Buddhist Women (1993)

  • Location: International Centre, Colombo, Sri Lanka

  • Theme: "Buddhist Women in Modern Society"

  • Keynote Speaker: President of Sri Lanka

  • Local Organizers: Ranjani de Silva, Kusuma Devendra

  • International Organizers: Karma Lekshe Tsomo, Gabriele Kustermann

  • 4th Sakyadhita International Conference on Buddhist Women (1995)

  • Location: Mahabodhi Meditation Centre, Leh, Ladakh, India

  • Theme: "Women and the Power of Compassion: Survival in the 21st Century"

  • Keynote Speaker: H.M. Rani Sarla, Queen of Ladakh

  • Local Organizers: Rani Sarla Chhewang, Eshey Angmo, Tashi Yangskit

  • International Organizers: Oksun An, Margaret Coberly, Karla Kral, Mei-huang Lee, Karma Lekshe Tsomo

  • 5th Sakyadhita International Conference on Buddhist Women (1997-1998)

  • Location: Wat Onaloum, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

  • Theme: "Women in Buddhism: Unity and Diversity"

  • Keynote Speaker: H.M. Queen Norodom Siranouk, Queen of Cambodia

  • Local Organizer: Hema Goonatilake

  • International Organizers: Karma Lekshe Tsomo, Karla Kral

  • 6th Sakyadhita International Conference on Buddhist Women (2000)

  • Location: Mahapajapati Monastery, Lumbini, Nepal

  • Theme: "Women as Peacemakers: Self, Family, Community, World"

  • Keynote Speaker: Minister of Culture and Sport

  • Local Organizers: Bhikkhuni Dhammavati, Bhikkhuni Sujata

  • International Organizers: Karma Lekshe Tsomo, Tsering Dolma Mullens, Elizabeth Zielinska

National Conferences

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