The annual award highlights “the acts of braveness and dedication by girls within the historical past of Buddhism.”
The annual “Excellent Girls in Buddhism Awards Ceremony” hosted by the Worldwide Girls’s Meditation Heart Basis (IWMCF) can be celebrated on Worldwide Girls’s Day, March 8, 2023 in a hybrid ceremony.
This yr, fourteen Buddhist girls have been chosen for this award, which can be offered on the temple of Bhikkhuni Dhammavaree in Roi-Et, Thailand.
The IWMCF relies in Rayong, Thailand, and goals to create gender equality in Buddhism by “establishing bhikkunis as leaders in society.” The muse gives a variety of providers together with post-graduate training for bhikkhunis, IT and media providers for ladies dharma lecturers, and meditation and Buddhist follow instruction for ladies and women.
The “Excellent Girls in Buddhism” award was based in 2002 by Bhikkhuni Rattanavali and Bhikkhuni Dr. Lee with the target of recognizing Buddhist girls’s accomplishments in celebration of Worldwide Girls’s Day, and to “rejoice the acts of braveness and dedication by girls within the historical past of Buddhism.”
This yr’s recipients are:
- Bhikkhuni Dhammavaree Bhothiyana of Thailand
- Maechee Nudiao Netpakdee of Thailand
- Thilashin Punnesi of Myanmar
- Reverend Ursula Richard of Germany
- Bhiksuni Shih Sing-yin of Taiwan
- Nan Phong Kham of Myanmar
- Reverend Grasp Meian Elbert of the USA
- Bhikkhuni Sakula of Thailand
- Kullanit Kaewkao of Thailand
- Tenzin Chogkyi of the USA
- Gabriela Frey of France
- Grace Yeh of Taiwan
- Bhikkhuni Dr. Sobhita of Thailand
- Lama Chimey Lhatso of Sweden
To study extra in regards to the recipients, go to the Worldwide Girls’s Meditation Heart web site.