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• Volume 8, Number 2 (Winter 1997)
• Volume 8, Number 1 (Spring 1997)
• Volume 7, Number 2 (Winter 1996)
• Volume 7, Number 1 (Spring 1996)
• Volume 6, Number 2 (Fall 1995)
• Volume 6, Number 1 (Spring 1995)
• Volume 5, Number 2 (Summer 1994)
• Volume 5, Number 1 (1994)
• Volume 4, Number 2 (Winter 1993)
• Volume 4, Number 1 (Summer 1993)
• Volume 3, Number 2 (1992)
• Volume 3, Number 1 (1992)
• Volume 2, Number 2 (Summer 1991)

Vol. 8, No. 2 (Winter 1997)

Contents

1. 5th Sakyadhita Conference in Cambodia: Update
2. North America Conference in 1998: Announcement
3. Retreat Centers for Women in Asia: Questionnaire
4. Bodhgaya International Full Ordination Ceremony
5. Sakyadhita Webpage: Information
6. Letter to the Editor:
   A Response to "Why Can't a Woman be More Like a Man?"
7. "Upasika Kee Nanayon and the Social Dynamic of Theravadin Buddhist Practice"
8. "Be Mindful and Set Yourself Free" by Melissa Prichard
9. "Being Humble: Women's Flaw or Virtue?" by Sister Sucinda
10. "Realizing Through Loss" by Rosanna Hsi
11. International Reports:
    • "The Plight of Women and Children in Burma" by Shelley Anderson
    • "Vipassana Meditation as Practiced in Bangladesh" by Jharma Barua
    • "International Conference for Peace in the World"
    • International News

Vol. 8, No. 1 (Spring 1997)

Contents

1. Update on the Fifth International Sakyadhita Conference
2. Childeren's Culture and Popular Buddhism in Korea: The Work of Jebeom Sunim by Hi Kyun Kim
3. Opening the Heart by Bhiksuni Tenzin Palmo
4. Zen and the Art of Lawnmower Rerpair by Stephan Hood
5. "Why Can't a Woman Be More Like a Man?" Women, Men and Angels by Subhuti Reviewed by Ray Wills
6. International News
   • Sakyadhita Meeting in Germany, October 1996
   • On Growing a Theravadan Nuns' Sangha in Britain
   • Singapore
7. A Webpage for Sakyadhita International

Vol. 7, No. 2 (Winter 1996)

Contents

1. SADDHA: Faith in a Time of Rapid Change by Chatsumarn Kabilsingh
2. INTERNATIONAL NEWS
   • India: Life as a Western Buddhist Nun
   • Sakyadhita Ladakh Gathering
3. First Seminar for Ladakhi Nuns by Elizabeth Gardner
4. Female Leadership: The Role of Ladakhi Nuns in the Society of the Future by Dita Mohrmann, CHOMO Foundation
5. Words of Thanks by Ranjani de Silva
6. Notices:
   • New Sakyadhita Membership Brochure
   • Address Correction
   • Announcing the 5th Sakyadhita Conference in Phnom Penh, Cambodia - December 29, 1997 to January 4, 1998

Vol. 7, No. 1 (Spring 1996)

Contents

1. Women and Buddhism: Theravada Nuns of Nepal by Kimberly Kita
2. Report on the Fourth International Conference (August 1 - 7, 1995 in Leh, Ladakh)
3. Drawings by Sra. Isia Osuchowska - a presentation by the Women's Bookshop in Milan
4. Video of the Fourth International Conference by Marlies Bosch
5. Membership - a reminder

Vol. 6, No. 2 (Fall 1995)

Contents

1. On Peace, Justice, and Ecology by Dr. Asoka Bandarage
2. Nuns Seen as Ideal Teachers of Society by Heng Sok Chheng
3. Reflections from a Nunnery Rooftop by Kim Gutschow
4. The Buddhist Nuns of Ladakh by Dr. Paula Green, Director, Karuna Center, Massachusetts
5. Marriage Transformed by Rosanna Hsi
6. A Retreat at Plum Village by Shelley Anderson
7. INTERNATIONAL NEWS
   • Buddhist Nuns in Bhutan by Bhikshuni Karma Lekshe Tsomo
   • United States: Summary of the Sangha Conference (Land of Medicine Buddha, California - July 8-10, 1994) by Lobsang Drimay and Jigme Palmo
   • India: Life As a Western Buddhist Nun
   • United States: Buddhist Monastic Dialogue, 1995 - a week-end conference for Buddhist monks and nuns (Vajrapani Institute, Boulder Creek, California - July 21-23, 1995)
   • United Kingdom: Sakyadhita U.K. Open Meeting in London, 31 August 1995
8. BOOK REVIEWS
   • Passionate Enlightenment: Women in Tantric Buddhism by Miranda Shaw (Princeton University Press, 1994) - reviewed by Linda Johnsen
   • Learning True Love: How I Learned and Practiced Social Change in Vietnam by Chan Kong - reviewed by Shelley Anderson
9. Cross-Cultural Fundraising - "Jewels of the Dharma: Spiritual Dances for Women's Cultural Preservation" by Samantha Tavares
10. Credits for this issue

Vol. 6, No. 1 (Spring 1995)

Contents

1. A Summer in China: A Famous 325-year-old Nunnery Rebuilt, Its Extraordinary Abbess, and the Ordination of 783 Bhikshunis by Bhikshuni Ngawang Chodron
2. Report from Chenresig Nuns' Community by Margaret McAndrew
3. Women and the Power of Compassion: Survival in the 21st Century - the Fourth International Conference on Buddhist Women (Leh, Ladakh, August 1-7, 1995)
4. INTERNATIONAL NEWS
   • Bhiksuni Ordination in France by Thich Nu Tri Anh (Tenzin Galden)
   • Germany: Retreat with Ven. Ayya Khema
5. One Woman's Practice in Japan by Mitra Bishop
6. How to Win an Argument with a Meat Eater
7. United Nations International Day of Peace: One Minute of Silence, One Moment of Goodwill Activity of Peace

Vol. 5, No. 2 (Summer 1994)

Contents

1. Announcing the Fourth International Sakyadhita Conference - Leh, Ladakh - August 1995
2. Report on the Third International Sakyadhita Conference on Buddhist Women (Colombo, Sri Lanka, October 25-29, 1993) by Gabriele Küstermann
3. A personal report on the Third International Conference on Buddhist Women by Elizabeth Harris
4. INTERNATIONAL NEWS
   • France: Towards a Bhiksuni Order in the West
   • France: A Fragrant Mountain Ordination Ceremony
   • India: Mongolian Nuns Arrive in Dharamsala
   • India: Monastic Training Course for Nuns
   • Russia: Dalai Lama's Visit Postponed
   • Singapore: Sakyadhita Singapore now a charity!
   • Sri Lanka: The Continuing Plight of the Dasasilmathas
   • Tibet: Buddhist Nuns Sentenced to Prison
   • United States and Australia: Interfaith Meditation Retreats
   • United States: Sakyadhita Hawai'i Hosts Dalai Lama Visit
5. Buddhist Monasticism in the West by Bhiksuni Tenzin Palmo
6. Glorious Honor for Humble Nun Chen Yen by William Hu
7. Cross-Cultural Fundraising: "Jewels of the Dharma: Spiritual Dances for Women's Cultural Preservation" by Samantha Tavares
8. Announcements

Vol. 5, No. 1 (1994)

Contents

1. "Buddhist Women in Modern Society": A Report on the Third International Sakyadhita Conference on Buddhist Women by Gabriele Küstermann
2. Vietnamese Nuns Bring Calm to Neighborhood by Jim Dickey
3. INTERNATIONAL NEWS
   • Annual Sakyadhita Meeting in England
4. A Buddhist Summer Camp in Taiwan by Yi-hsun Huang
5. Children's Direct Seeing by Dr. Thynn Thynn
6. The Meaning of Compassion by Daw Su Su Sein
7. The Enlightened Nun Subha by Panadure Vajira Dasasilmatha
8. Pilgrim's Progress (for Buddha's birthday, 1993) by caroline sinavaiana
9. Hearty Congratulations! - Rose Nakamura Receives Caregiving Award

Vol. 4, No. 2 (Winter 1993)

Contents

1. Announcing the Third International Sakyadhita Conference: Bangkok, Thailand (October 1991)
2. Buddhist Women on the Roof of the World by Ven. Karma Lekshe Tsomo

Vol. 4, No. 1 (Summer 1993)

Contents

1. "Spiritual Development of the Child, Or, 'What did they do with the Dalai Lama?'" by Alanda Wraye
2. Reflection on gender bias in popular Buddhism: Women and Buddhism in Vietnam by Dr. Norma Fain Pratt
3. The case of Buddhist nuns in Thailand by Narumon (Pook) Hinshiranan
4. INTERNATIONAL NEWS
   • Sakyadhita Meeting in England
   • European Buddhist Congress Meets in Berlin
   • Vinaya Research in Germany
   • Mongolian Women's Associations
   • Message from Myanmar
   • Buddhist Women's Conference in Sri Lanka
5. Ordination in the Jodo Shinshu Tradition by Ruth Tabrah
6. The Five Wonderful Precepts by Thich Nhat Hanh
7. The Support of Precepts by Heidi Singh (Bodhicari Vajira)

Vol. 3, No. 2 (1992)

Contents

1. Buddhism Needs Feminism by Kerry L. Fitz-Gerald
2. Buddhist Nuns from a Modern Perspective by Juo-hsueh Shih
3. INTERNATIONAL NEWS
   • Sakyadhita Meeting in England
4. What is the Western Buddhist Order? by Dharmacharini Sanghdevi
5. The Buddhist Revival in India by Dharmacharini Padmasuri
6. Buddhism and Organ Transplants by Bhikshuni Karma Lekshe Tsomo
7. Sakyadhita: Who We Are

Vol. 3, No. 1 (1992)

Contents

1. Report on the Second Sakyadhita Conference: Bangkok, Thailand (October 1991)
2. Man and Woman in the Teachings of the Buddha by Dr. Hellmuth Hecker
3. Animals are Sentient Beings, Too by Sramanerika Thubten Chonyid
4. INTERNATIONAL NEWS
   • Thailand. Maechee Jutimah sends a report on conditions for Western women wishing to practice meditation in Thailand.
5. Thai nuns. "Spiritual Education Gives New Hope to Young Women" - an article from the Bangkok Post (June 9, 1991) describes the difficult situation of young Thai women eager to learn the Dhamma.

Vol. 2, No. 2 (Summer 1991)

Contents

1. "Woman's Role as Buddhist Teacher" by Sakya Jetsun Chime Luding
2. "Buddhist Nuns in Burma" by Dr. Friedgard Lottermoser
3. INTERNATIONAL NEWS
   • England
   • Sri Lanka
   • Thailand
   • Tibet. Includes Rafaela Moltam's impressions during her September 1990 trip to Tibet.
   • United States. Includes a report on Project Dana, a new Buddhist voluntary program to assist the frail and elderly in community.
4. Activities on the Vinaya Research Committee - a report on the last three years (1987-90) by Bhiksuni Jampa Tsedroen
5. More books and articles on women in Buddhism

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