Conferences

Congresses and essential publications

Snow Lion published the presentations of the 1st Conference under the title Sakyadhita - Daughters of the Buddha ( ISBN 0-937938-72-6,1988), with well-informed introductions to the different topics. This book which is also published in German under the title Töchter des Buddha (1991, Diederichs Verlag, ISBN 3424010642, out of print) has become a standard work regarding the situation of Buddhist nuns in the present time.

But anyone wanting to gain information about the rapid development over the last years concerning the circumstances of nuns, should consult the volumes which appeared consequently after the following International Sakyadhita Conferences:

• Buddhist Women in a Global Multicultural Community
  • 9th Sakyadhita International Conference
  • Sukhi Hotu Publications, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2008
  • ISBN: 9839382402
  • with contributions from the June 2006 conference in Kuala Lumpur
• Out of the Shadows: Socially Engaged Buddhist Women
  • Sri Satguru Publications, 2006
  • ISBN: 8170308496
  • contains contributions of the Seoul Conference, South Korea in 2004
• Bridging Worlds
  • Yuan Chuan Press, Taïwan, 2004
  • ISBN: -
  • contains contributions of the International Sakyadhita Conference in Taipei, Taiwan in 2002
• Buddhist Women and Social Justice, Ideals, Challenges and Achievements
  • SUNY, 2004, paperback
  • ISBN: 0791462544
  • contains contributions of the Lumbini Conference, Nepal in 2000
• Innovative Buddhist Women, Swimming against the Stream
  • Curzon, 2000, paperback
  • ISBN: 0700712534
  • with contributions from conferences held in 1998 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and Pitzer College, Claremont, California,USA
• Buddhist Women Across Cultures: Realizations
  • SUNY, 1999
  • ISBN: O791441385
  • with contributions from the follow-up conferences in Bangkok (1991), Colombo (1993) and Leh, Ladakh (1995)

The last Sakyadhita Conference took place in Mongolia in 2008. Details can be found on the page Events.