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Women’s Studies Center and Women’s and Gender Studies present
What Buddha Taught
and Why it Matters Today
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
noon-12:50 p.m.
207 Monroe Hall
Growing up in middle class
America, the future Buddhist nun,
Bhikshuni Thubten Chodron, asked
hard questions. Why do we fight
for “peace?” How can we end
racism and sexism? What actions
really help others? She finally
found answers through Tibetan
Buddhism and devoted her life to
enacting the teachings. Join her to
learn why the Buddha’s message is
urgently relevant to people of all
faiths in the 21st Century.
Venerable Bhikshuni Thubten Chodron
Bhikshuni Thubten Chodron has practiced the Buddha’s teachings for more than thirty years. She ordained as a nun in the Tibetan tradition in 1977 and has studied extensively with His Holiness
the Dalai Lama, among others. She teaches Buddhist philosophy and meditation worldwide and
has published numerous books including Open Heart, Clear Mind; Working with Anger, and Guided
Meditations on the Stages of the Path. She is currently the Abbess of Sravasti Abbey, a Buddhist
monastic community in Newport, Washington, USA, which she founded in 2003.
Persons with special needs may make arrangements for accommodations by calling
Christi (359-2847) at the Women’s Studies Center, seven business days in advance.
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