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How a Tibetan Buddhist nunnery is shifting gender norms

When the nonsectarian Dolma Ling Nunnery transitioned to female leadership earlier this year, for the first time in its three ...
Pinki Haryan, a young woman who once begged on the streets of Himachal Pradesh, overcame extreme poverty with her hard work and dedication and studied tirelessly to realize her dream of becoming a ...
Don David Hewavitharne, who later became the famous Anagarika Dharmapala, was born in Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) on ...
It has never been easy and has been a series of challenges, but there are four reasons I have continued on this path. First, the conviction that God called me to this ministry…” Hearing this, one ...
They were overjoyed when David was born on the night of September 17, 1864, in the Pettah district of Colombo, where ‘the national religion and culture had fallen to the lowest pitch of degeneration, ...
Of the many figures who shaped modern Sri Lanka, Anagarika Dharmapala (1864-1933) stands apart as a colossus of cultural and ...
Jikjisa Temple in Gimcheon, North Gyeongsang Province, has ushered in a new chapter befitting its millennium-old status. The ...