Non-sectarian non-profit Buddhist organization that aims to facilitate a significant Buddhist presence in the ever-expanding realm of computer communications technology, applying this technology to help make the Buddha's teachings freely available to all, as an online cyber-sangha. Affiliated with the Buddha Dharma Education Association Inc., which was first established as a Vipassana Meditation Centre in 1992 in Sydney by Australian meditation monk Ven. Pannyavaro.
You're Becoming a What?
Personal and educational article by the Venerable Thubten Chodron (author of Open Heart, Clear Mind and How to Free Your Mind, and founder of the newly-established Sravasti Abbey) about living as a Western Buddhist nun in the Tibetan tradition. Chodron's frankness and honesty (evident in all her writings) provide answers to monastic life, and about why she chose to become a nun.