Sakyadhita International Association of Buddhist Women
12th Sakyadhita International Conference on Buddhist Women
Bangkok, Thailand, 2011 June 12-18
PROGRAM
1 pm Buddhist Women of Thailand
3 pm Buddhist Women of the World
Buddhist Women of Thailand
Buddhist Women of the World
Rupali Mokashi
Sri Lankan Buddhist Nuns in Transition: From Religious Rights to Social Power
Hema Goonatilake
Portrait of a Buddhist Women’s Community in Suburban Tangerang
Venita Tanusuwito
From Zhaigu to Bhikkhuni: The Story of a Chinese Malaysian Buddhist Nun
Ong Yee Choo
Sakyadhita: Expanding the Frontiers of Buddhist Women and Global Linking
Thich Nu Nhu Nguyet
Perceptions, Aspirations, & Opportunities: Bhutanese Women & Buddhist Scholarship
Tenzin Dadon (Sonam Wangmo)
Buddhist Women of Buryatia
Ayakova Zhargal
Leading Buddhist Women
Eun-su Cho
Learning to Lead & Leading to Learn: An Awakening Journey to Leadership
Christie Chang
Factors Contributing to Buddhist Nuns’ Leadership in Taiwan
Guo Hsiang Shih
Leading to Liberation: Exploring the Possibilities of Buddhist Women
Sư Cô Thích Tâm Hu'o'ng
The Many Forms of Compassion
Adrienne Cochran
The Many Forms Of Compassion*
Bhiksuni Chuehmen
The Brahmaviharas in Action: Compassionate Social Activism in Cambodia
Beth Goldring
A Buddhist Nun’s Encounters with the Charter for Compassion
Guo Cheen Shi
Lineage, Authority, Leadership
Kustiani Kalis Sambikala
The Question of Lineage from Women’s Perspectives: Buddhist Women & Political Power
Wasfia Nazreen
The Question of Lineage in Tibetan Buddhism: A Woman’s Perspective
Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo
Lineage and Leadership in Taiwanese Buddhism
Yu-chen Li
Speaking of Other Religions...
Birthing Liberation: The Blood & Ink of Leaving Oppression
Bonna Devora Haberman
“Impeccable, Immutable… Impossible?” Leaders Leading to Liberation
Malia Dominica Wong
Islam Means to Make Peace
Bhikkhuni Lee & Bayatee Dueraman
Mother Theresa & the Bodhisattva Ideal
Karma Lekshe Tsomo
Mr. Dharma, Ms. Samsara: Challenging Stereotypes
Ashley Pryor
Lipstick Buddhists & Dharma Divas: Buddhism in the Most Unlikely Packages
Lisa J. Battaglia
Can LGBTQ People Attain Enlightenment?
Kulavir Prapapornpipat
Robina Courtin: An Unconventional Buddhist?
Anna Halafoff
Buddhist Women & Global Sustainability
Hsiao-Lan Hu
The Mind of Sentient Beings as the Ontological Ground for Ecological Awareness
Feng-chu Cheng
The Mystical Mass Migration of Elephants in Catastrophic Cambodia: Moral Chaos, Sanctuaries, & Voluntary Displacement
Napakadol Kittisenee
Animal Release in Taiwanese Buddhism, the Intertwining of Religious Ideas, Animal Risk, and Ecological Risk
Chialuen Chen
The Ecological Consciousness in the Lankavatara Sutra
Susan Su-chen Wu
New Directions for Buddhist Social Tranformation
The Socio-religious Roots of Violence Against Women in Thailand & Southeast Asia
Bhikkhuni Rattanavali
The Alienation of Lay Buddhist Women in the Buddhist Reform Movements in Korea
Jong-in Kim
Gender, Buddhism & Education: Dhamma & Social Transformation in the Theravada Tradition
Caroline Starkey & Emma Tomalin Theravada Bhikkhunis & Social Development in Thailand
Bhikkhuni Silananda
Buddhist Economics: A Creative Social Engagement Experiment in System Change
Susmita Barua
Ethics & Awareness
Boontha Leartthevorntham
The Concept of Personhood & the Value of Life
Bhiksuni Praj–acharita
Children’s Ethics Programs at the Sakyadhita Center, Sri Lanka
Bhikkhuni Vijithananda
Mindful Practice & Monastic Discipline
Bhikkhuni Dhammananda (Thailand)
Peaceful Mind, Peaceful World
Thich Nu Tinh Van
Why Walk? Walking Meditation & Spiritual Pilgrimage: Asian & Western Perspectives on Embodied Spirituality
Suellen S. Semekoski
Liberation from a Feminist Perspective
Bhikkhuni Dhammananda (Vietnam)
Buddhist Representations of Spiritual Attainment: What Monastic Women Can Teach Westerners about Virtue
Carol L. Winkelmann
The Bhikkhuni Issue Revisited
Severina Angelova Balabanova
Launch of a Bhikkhuni Order in Thailand: Monastic Education & Establishment of Tradition
Tomomi Ito Possibilities & Challenges for Bhikkhuni Ordination in the Theravada Buddhist Tradition in Malaysia:
Lessons from the Sri Lankan & Thai Experiences
Suat Yan Lai
Organizing Lay Support for the Theravada Bhikkhuni Sangha
Susan Pembroke
Women Transforming Buddhist Temples
Zhen Yuan Shi
Buddhist Nuns and the Educational Reform in Thailand
Monica Lindberg Falk
Monastic Education for Nuns at Dong Hak Temple in Korea
Dong Gun Sunim
Nuns’ Perseverance in the Dharma
Guo Chii Shi
Accessing the Temple
Diana Cousens
Popular Guanyin Worship in Taiwan
Ruting Xiao
Practical Dharma: Linking Buddhism & Human Needs
Roseanne Freese
“May All Sentient Beings Be Well & Happy”: Let’s Make it a Reality for Our Animal Friends
Karma Tashi Choedron
Teaching Dhamma in Prison
Ranjani de Silva
Buddhism in Culturally Responsive Engineering & Science Education
Marisol Mercado Santiago
The Metta Map & its Application for Victims of Trauma
Barbara Wright