On ordaining, the vows, ordained life as Non-Himalayan sangha,

personal stories and interviews

Ordination advice

• http://fpmt.org/centers/sangha/firstletter/
• http://thubtenchodron.org/books/preparing-for-ordination/

Nuns’ communities

• http://cms.dhammasara.org.au/
• http://www.chenrezig.com.au/
• http://www.iltk.org
• http://www.kopanmonastery.com/about-kopan/nunnery
• http://fpmt.org/centers/taiwan/
• http://www.lionsroar.com/his-holiness-chetsang-rinpoche-comes-to-lincoln-vt-for-the-consecration-of-vajra-dakini-nunnery-the-first-tibetan-buddhist-nunnery-in-the-us/
• http://awakening-forest-hermitage.blogspot.co.il/

International Mahayana Institute, FPMT’s non-Himalayan sangha organization

• http://imisangha.org/ 

Thoughts about Buddhism and ordination in our day

• http://awakeningtruth.org/blog/?p=346
• http://www.monasticgathering.com/#!Are-you-for-real/c23mn/1
• http://bodhimonastery.org/the-challenge-to-the-sangha-in-the-21st-century.html
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xH0kqAjKdfs
• https://books.google.co.in/books?id=T2k_BAAAQBAJ&pg=PT202&lpg=PT202&dq=jampa+tsedron&source=bl&ots=Gei0bZ9-Bi&sig=KGBPlgkVT0OL10HIPh-Yplm4mkk&hl=en&sa=X&ei=K09GVebxD5KouwTLhIGoDg&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAg

Stories from nuns, interviews and much personal experience

• http://www.monasticgathering.com/#!Are-you-for-real/c23mn/1
• http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/audioslideshow/2014/jul/11/scotland-stories-scottish-independence-kagyu-samye-ling-buddhist-nun?search=yeshe+zangmo&bgresponse=
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0OaTNjffL8
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ob2echil8M4
• http://www.lionsroar.com/breaking-through/
• http://www.lionsroar.com/teenage-buddhist-nun/
• http://staging.tenzinkacho.com/Story.aspx
• http://awakeningbuddhistwomen.blogspot.in/2015/02/bhikkhuni-nirodha-on-ordaining-and.html
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xH0kqAjKdfs
• http://awakening-forest-hermitage.blogspot.co.il/
• http://www.amazon.com/Cave-Snow-Tenzin-Palmos-Enlightenment/dp/1582340455/ref=pd_sim_14_8?ie=UTF8&refRID=0G8Y5SVGWF7DZP86FGSB

Ordination and Monastic Support

• http://www.monasticgathering.com
• http://www.sakyadhita.org
• http://nunscommunity.blogspot.in
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0OaTNjffL8
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3RMU5-_zZc
• http://www.congress-on-buddhist-women.org/21.0.html
• http://fpmt.org/mandala/archives/mandala-issues-for-2009/october/training-for-community-life-an-interview-with-sister-jotika/
• http://www.lionsroar.com/his-holiness-chetsang-rinpoche-comes-to-lincoln-vt-for-the-consecration-of-vajra-dakini-nunnery-the-first-tibetan-buddhist-nunnery-in-the-us/
• http://www.shambhala.com/authors/u-z/venerable-bhikshuni-master-wu-yin.html
• http://awakeningbuddhistwomen.blogspot.in/2015/02/bhikkhuni-nirodha-on-ordaining-and.html
• http://www.palyul.org/eng_about_monasticvows.htm
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xH0kqAjKdfs
• http://www.palyul.org/eng_about_monasticvows.htm

Books on Bhikshuni ordination for women

• http://www.amazon.com/Choosing-Simplicity-Commentary-Bhikshuni-Pratimoksha-ebook/dp/B003BIFNO6/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1437381905&sr=8-1-fkmr0&keywords=bhikshuni+vows
• http://thubtenchodron.org/books/karmans-for-the-creation-of-virtue/
• http://www.amazon.com/Rules-According-Dharmaguptakavinaya-Buddhist-Tradition/dp/8120818008/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1437383044&sr=8-1&keywords=rules+for+nuns+according+to+the
• http://www.buddhismuskunde.uni-hamburg.de/E-Learning-Bhikkhuni.course_bhikkhunis.0.html?&L=1
• http://www.amazon.com/Sisters-Solitude-Traditions-Comparative-Dharmagupta/dp/0791430901/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1437383804&sr=8-1&keywords=dharmagupta

History

• http://www.dhammadharini.net/dhamma/dhamma-talks-from-the-bhikkhuni-sangha/aranya-bodhi-hermitage/going-forth-going-out-the-parinibbana-of-mahapajapati-gotami
• http://thubtenchodron.org/1999/12/field-of-merit/
• https://books.google.co.in/books?id=T2k_BAAAQBAJ&pg=PT202&lpg=PT202&dq=jampa+tsedron&source=bl&ots=Gei0bZ9-Bi&sig=KGBPlgkVT0OL10HIPh-Yplm4mkk&hl=en&sa=X&ei=K09GVebxD5KouwTLhIGoDg&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAg
• http://www.amazon.com/First-Buddhist-Women-Stories-Awakening/dp/188837554X/ref=sr_1_cc_1?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1437383986&sr=1-1-catcorr&keywords=first+buddhist+women

Other Traditions

• http://www.dhammadharini.net/home
• http://saranaloka.org
• http://cms.dhammasara.org.au/

TEACHINGS

On Renunciation

• http://imcw.org/Portals/0/Supplementary%20Materials/Article,%20Renunciation,%20Pema%20Chodron.pdf
• http://thubtenchodron.org/1999/12/field-of-merit/
• http://www.amazon.com/Pure-Simple-Extraordinary-Teachings-Buddhist/dp/086171492X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1437385125&sr=8-1&keywords=pure+and+simple

Buddhist women teaching the Dharma

• http://www.amazon.com/Buddhas-Daughters-Teachings-Shaping-Buddhism/dp/1590306236/ref=pd_sim_14_6?ie=UTF8&refRID=0AV4DVKS5AG787T7VYVF
• http://www.amazon.com/Dakini-Power-Extraordinary-Transmission-Buddhism/dp/1559394072/ref=pd_sim_14_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=19Q03SMGWZVKKPPQZZSV
• http://www.amazon.com/Pure-Simple-Extraordinary-Teachings-Buddhist/dp/086171492X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1437385125&sr=8-1&keywords=pure+and+simple