Buddhist nun
Female dharma practitioner
A Buddhist nun is a woman who has taken formal vows and been ordained into a Buddhist monastic order.
Like monks, nuns shave their heads, wear robes, and follow monastic rules governing daily life, though historically nuns have faced stricter regulations and lower status than their male counterparts.
She became a Buddhist nun after years of lay practice.
- vipassanaClear-seeing contemplative practice
- samathaMeditative calming practice
- ordinationClergy appointment ceremony
- monastic vowsBinding religious commitments
- celibacyAbstaining from intimate relations
abbess · non-violence · vinaya · robe · novice · truthfulness · renunciation · shaved head · saffron robe · alms bowl · alms · monastery · simplicity · Zen · chanting · generosity · loving-kindness · meditation retreat
- Buddhist monksnovice monk, novice, wandering monk, Tibetan monk, Tibetan monks
- Japanese figuressamurai, shogun, daimyo, geisha, ronin
- monasticsmonk, nun, abbot, abbess, friars
- religious womennun, sister, abbess, prioress, novice
- meditation teachersmeditation guide, mindfulness coach
gender within buddhist monasticism
Buddhist nunBuddhist monk
Ordained follower of Buddha
lama · Zen monk · Tibetan monk