The correct way to bow ( in the Theravada tradition).

Daily motion

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A critical point is to keep your elbow close to your knee when you bow down.
Keep your butt down as much as possible. As a further refinement, men sit on their toes, women on the top of their feet.

Buddhist nuns set to become first generation of 'dons'

IANS, Nov 17, 2015

Dharamsala, India -- Nearly three years ago the globetrotting elderly Buddhist monk the Dalai Lama came out with a perfect prescription for the first time in history to empower the nuns. His decision encouraged them to take up doctorates in philosophy. The first batch of 20 Buddhist nuns is set to become the first generation of women professors in the Tibetan tradition.

Kelsang Wangmo, the first female Geshe, here pictured with her mother and His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Traditionally, the doctorate was awarded only to the monks after 12 or more years of rigorous study in Buddhist philosophy. Officials say in 2012 a historic decision was taken by the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) as advocated by the Dalai Lama that the doctorate programme for nuns be established.

Selflessness.

Pakistan’s Gandhara ruins to receive Korea’s Buddhists

by Joel Lee, The Korea Herald, Nov 15, 2015

Seoul, South Korea -- According to some historians, Korea’s Buddhism traces its roots to the Gandharan Civilization that thrived 2,000 years ago in the territories of today’s northern Pakistan and Afghanistan.

The Mahayana school of Korea’s Buddhism, one of two main branches alongside the Hinayana school, was introduced to the ancient Kingdom of Baekje (B.C. 18-A.D. 660) in 384 by monk Maranatha, native of Gandhara, the historical records say.

The triangular tract largely to the west of the Indus River and bounded to the north by the Hindukush Mountains includes the Peshawar Valley, Taxila, Swat, Dir, Buner and Bajaur. In ancient times, it was a religious melting pot of Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism, Zoroastrianism and Hinduism, whose coexistence was encapsulated in coins, sculptures and paintings.

Pakistani Embassy secretary Anna Kim, Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation managing director Kabir Ahmad Khan and Pakistani Ambassador Zahid Nasrullah Khan speak at a press conference on Nov. 9 to promote the Gandhara Civilization. 

Buddhist beliefs can connect people across Taiwan Strait: Master Hsing Yun

CCTVNews October 26

In an exclusive interview with CCTVNEWS, Master Hsing Yun talked about how Buddhist beliefs can connect people from different system, and how the Precepts can help promote a harmonious world.

https://www.facebook.com/cctvnewschina/videos/1064850666889086/

The Kasava..

According to vinaya set up by the Buddha, a monk robe is patterned after rice field that the Buddha thought it was beautiful. Each robe must be at least five khandas (parts) sewn together. If there are more than five khandas, the number must be an odd number.

Why Are Myanmar Nuns Not Granted the Same Respect as Monks?

August 07, 2015 Ei Cherry Aung, Myanmar Now
Image: Hkun Lat/Myanmar Now

Due to patriarchy, nuns have to struggle to live with dignity.

A young Buddhist nun rides Yangon's circular train in June 2015.

Born of Buddhist parents and raised in a Buddhist environment, I grew up as a typical Myanmar Buddhist girl. Under the care of my grandmother, it was hammered into my brain that we should worship and pay the utmost respect to Buddhist monks in all circumstances. My grandmother instructed me, for example, to never sit on the same level as monks, but place myself at their feet. Yet in all the years of my childhood she never said a word about how to behave in front of Buddhist women who had become nuns.

It’s customary in Myanmar to make donations at monasteries during annual religious events and to donate to monks begging for alms on the street. I used to see my grandmother give rice and curries to monks every morning, before anyone had a chance to eat, and I learned that I should always offer food to the monks first. But when nuns came asking for alms she usually replied: “Sorry, please no offerings.” Only occasionally a nun would receive a spoonful of rice or a one-kyat note—this was at a time when the bus fare for a short trip cost around 50 kyats.