Women in Early Buddhism. From the beginning, women were allowed to join the Buddhist monastic community, though they had to follow a special set of rules known as the "Eight Garudhammas." ...

Sunita Pant Bansal's 'The Illusion of Illusions' offers an empowering look at Yashodara, Buddha's wife. The book explores her resilience and spiritual journey, challenging the historical erasure of ...

HUALIEN, Taiwan — The Buddhist teacher who founded what is now a global charity and religion with a $283 million operating budget grew up at a time when women could not be ordained as Buddhist nuns.

A Ukrainian woman working in Japan after leaving her war-torn homeland recounted her experience walking the Buddhist ...

At the invitation of the Sri Lanka–China Buddhist Friendship Association, a Buddhist delegation from Guangdong Province, China, visited Sri Lanka and carried out Buddhist cultural exchange from June ...