Welcome

to the network of buddhist women in Europe.

For your better understanding: this is not a society but an information platform trying to offer to the interested public in Europe news around the topic of Women and Buddhism. The trilingual form is only a start for hopefully more European languages to appear on this platform with the same information 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.

This website aims to further Buddhist women as teachers and to help them in all their varied and important contributions – as well as making 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. And although 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 too can draw inspiration and courage to find their way.

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