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April 10, 2024
Cover photo: The author, Cindy Rasicot, with Venerable Dhammananda. BY VEENA RAO* My introduction to Venerable Dhammananda began with Cindy Rasicot's memoir,
October 8, 2023
Eventbrite - Cambodian Buddhist Society of WA Inc, presents Mindfulness Meditation for Well-being with Bhante (MONK) DHAMMANANDA - Friday, 10 November 2023 at Hillview Intercultural Community Centre, Bentley, WA. Find event and ticket information.
August 3, 2022
Hundreds of women are defying generations of Thai tradition and ordaining as Theravada Buddhist monks.
August 1, 2022
Thailand’s first all-female monastery is offering temporary ordination to women, challenging spiritual traditions.
December 9, 2021
Venerable Dhammananda became the first ordained woman Buddhist monk in Thailand in 2003 and helped forge a path for the 280 fully ordained women nationwide by challenging longstanding patriarchal traditions in the faith. (Dec. 9)
December 17, 2020
Thailand’s Bhikkhunis Want Recognition and Respect In a country with only a few hundred female monks in the Theravada branch of Buddhism, the lifestyle is quietly radical. Thailands Bhikkhunis Want Recognition and Respect Copy Link The monks collect alms in Nakhon Pathom province. Courtesy Sireerat Chetsumon (Ven. Dhammaparipunna) In This Story The Venerable Dhammavanna, a former journalist living in Nakhon Pathom province, about 30 miles outside Thailand’s capital, Bangkok, now wakes each ...