The first Western Buddhist nun to be fully ordained in Bhutan tells us her story.

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If successful, the programme could be extended to the secular communities in Bhutan and beyond. “The old version of BuddhaBot provided the text of Buddhist scriptures in their original form ...

Monks and nuns of the Central Monastic Body will have a chatbot designed to answer questions, in English. The technology was ...

Bhutan's enchanting monasteries, including Taktshang Monastery on a cliff in Paro Valley and Punakha Dzong at the confluence of rivers, offer serene escapes into Buddhist traditions and spiritual life ...

What does it take to break the glass ceiling in Buddhism and be fully ordained as a female monk or bhikshuni? In 2022 the kingdom of Bhutan ordained 144 women in an unprecedented ceremony.

Then the Buddhist pilgrims, gravitating toward the sound. The sun has slid behind the mountains looming over Thimphu, capital of the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, and the day’s final ritual is ...

They brought the Hindu religion with them as well as the Nepalese language, which is still spoken today over much of Southern Bhutan. There is not the same mingling of Buddhism and Hinduism as is ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Tiger's Nest is an ancient Buddhist monastery located in the upper Paro Valley in Bhutan. Getting to it involves a super steep hike, but it's worth it. Written by ...

An artificial intelligence-based chatbot will start answering questions from a Buddhist viewpoint in English in Bhutan, its developers including a Kyoto University professor said Monday.