9th Sakyadhita International Conference on Buddhist Women in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, June 17-21, 2006


		Sandy attended the 9th Sakyadhita International Conference on Buddhist Women in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, June 17-21, 2006, entitled "Buddhist Women in a Global Multicultural Community." Sandy’s article about this important conference, “Daughters of the Buddha, Rising Up,” analyzes the changes happening for women in world Buddhism. It appeared in the Summer 2007 issue of Turning Wheel magazine.

Women are slowly, determinedly, effecting a major shift in Asian Buddhism as they organize and push for full ordination of nuns. This movement is reflected in and supported by Sakyadhita, International Association of Buddhist Women, in the worldwide conferences it holds every two years. Full ordination of women in Buddhism is not just an internal move to right a wrong perpetrated over centuries on religious women, but it reaches out to affect the lives of all women in society.
For the rest of the article, download the Portable Document Format (PDF) file (148 kb). For help, go to end of page.

Sau Seng Lum Exhibition Center, home of the conference

Interior Great Hall, Sau Seng Lum Exhibition Center

The panel, chaired by Sandy, on “Translating the Dharma: Buddhism, Multiculturalism, and Language”

Christie Yu-ling Chang and Karma Lekshe Tsomo (center) with Tibetan, Chinese and Korean nuns

Earthlyn Manuel (San Francisco Zen Center), Dhammajanini Jnanasuri (Friends of the Western Buddhist Order), Simbwala Schultz (SFZC), Karunamaya (FWBO), Sandy, Mavis Fenn from Canada, Wendy Lewis (SFZC)

Note white-robed Maechees (Maechee Kritsana to left)

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		Women are slowly, determinedly, effecting a major shift in Asian Buddhism as they organize and push for full ordination of nuns. This movement is reflected in and supported by Sakyadhita, International Association of Buddhist Women, in the worldwide conferences it holds every two years. Full ordination of women in Buddhism is not just an internal move to right a wrong perpetrated over centuries on religious women, but it reaches out to affect the lives of all women in society. For the rest of the article, download the Portable Document Format (PDF) file (148 kb). For help, go to end of page.	Sau Seng Lum Exhibition Center, home of the conference
		Interior Great Hall, Sau Seng Lum Exhibition Center
		The panel, chaired by Sandy, on “Translating the Dharma: Buddhism, Multiculturalism, and Language”
		Christie Yu-ling Chang and Karma Lekshe Tsomo (center) with Tibetan, Chinese and Korean nuns
		Earthlyn Manuel (San Francisco Zen Center), Dhammajanini Jnanasuri (Friends of the Western Buddhist Order), Simbwala Schultz (SFZC), Karunamaya (FWBO), Sandy, Mavis Fenn from Canada, Wendy Lewis (SFZC)
		Note white-robed Maechees (Maechee Kritsana to left)
		Downloading PDFs: Portable Document Format (PDF) files are used widely on the Web to make documents accessible to any type of computer. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to read PDFs. Acrobat Reader and downloading instructions are available free from the Adobe site. Clicking the link to “Daughters of the Buddha, Rising Up” will bring the PDF file to your browser. When it appears, read it there or save it to your hard drive for later.