Welcome

For your better understanding, the Network of Buddhist Women in Europe is not an association but an information platform offering to interested people in Europe news and information around the topic of Women and Buddhism. It is associated with the European Buddhist Union (EBU). In France it is associated with the French Buddhist Union (UBF) and in Germany with the German Buddhist Union (DBU).

The trilingual form is only a beginning for hopefully more European languages to appear on this platform with the same informations plus additional news on Women and Buddhism in the respective countries. Anybody interested in the topic of women and Buddhism is invited to cooperate in this valuable task.

The contributions are manyfold and not all are translated equally in all languages. We therefor encourag you to have also a look into the other language versions.

This website aims to further Buddhist women as teachers and to help them in all their many and important contributions – as well as publishing books and texts more easily accessible to as many people as possible.

Since the time of the Buddha, women have been deeply inspired by and gained strength in Buddhist practice. Although the full ordination of women was introduced by the Buddha himself, it unfortunately has not been accepted everywhere as a matter of course. In their development towards full enlightenment, women have often passed on their experiences by unconventional means.

The network of Buddhist women in Europe would like to provide a forum where these experiences can be collected and preserved and to be passed on to as many people as possible, so that they can also draw inspiration and courage to find their way.

There are many texts to be translated, informations to be collected and much social assistance is needed. This is a tremendous task that needs the support of many people. We are looking forward to your contributions.