His Holiness Drikung Kyabgön Chetsang Rinpoche, Thinle Lhundrup, Supreme Co-Head of the Drikung Kagyu Lineage, invites the Mahayana Bhikshuni Sangha to return to Shravasti, India in 2023 for the first time in 2000 years. The main purpose of this program is to bring...

Greetings from the International Buddhist Confederation (IBC) It is my immense pleasure to inform you that IBC is organizing a virtual celebration of Vesak - Buddha Poornima on 7 May 2020.

Application deadline extended to February 1st 2020 With folded palms we invite participation of Bhikshunis of the Darmaguptaka Vinaya to join an international Varsa retreat in Shravasti India from July 1 – August 20, 2020. This historic gathering of Mahayana nuns is a...

Of all the Buddha’s great disciples, male or female, Mahapajapati Gotami, the Buddha’s maternal aunt and stepmother, is the only one whom legend describes as a counterpart to the Tathagatha himself. As an elderly woman she became a zealous follower,...