Dharamsala 2003 - My
work
During the time we were in Dharamsala I had to do a C-grade paper
in Religious Science. My paper was about the possibilities for
tibethan nuns to get full ordination. A matter of course for other
nuns but not for tibethan, since they don't have any tradition for
ordination.
I spent some of my time in the district where the exile government
has its seat.
Everyone was very kind and
willing to help out, including answering my stupid questions. One
monk had been given the task of researching how the tradition looks
in the oldest documents. He was very will to shar what he had
found, which made my work much easier.
I also interviewed practising nuns and got to hear their views on
this issue. I spent a couple of days together with the nuns in the
nunnery Dolma Ling.
Their life stories were horrific and scary on what they had to
endure in Tibet. Many of them are refugees that had walked on foot,
risking their own lifes, across the Himalayas to find a refuge in
Dharamsala with their spiritual leader Dalai Lama.
For those of you who can read Swedish you will find my work
Full
ordination en omöjlighet för dagens Tibetanska
nunnor under the page My studies.