External resources

All the resources presented below were written by eminent and influential figures in Buddhism: important female monastics, professors and scholars.

Books

Mae Chee Kaew by Bikkhu Silaratano
Upasika Kee Nanayon - An Unentangled Knowing Lessons in Training the Mind
Ayya Khema - Being Nobody Going Nowhere
Dipa Ma - Life and legacy of a Buddhist teacher

Articles

Women as Leaders in Buddhism by Karma Lekshe Tsomo
Resurgence of woman Sanghahood in Sri Lanka by Ven. Ani Jutima
Renunciation Without a Category - On Ajahn Tritrinn, transgender nun in northern Thailand by Amnuaypond Kidpromma
The fragmentary history of female monasticism in Thailand by Martin Seeger

Audio

Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo - Opening of the Heart
π€π°πšπ«πž 𝐑𝐒𝐠𝐑𝐭 𝐚𝐭 π€π°πšπ«πžπ§πžπ¬π¬ ~ Upasika Kee Nanayon read by Samaneri Jayasara
Ayya Khema - Dukkha
Anandamayi Ma ~ Opening to the Light read by Samaneri Jayasara
Q&A with Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo - Deer Park Institute - April 9th, 2025
Dipa Ma - Meditation is love - read by Samaneri Jayasara
Ven Candā: β€œNon-Self and Identity” - The concept of Anatta in relation to women and women's ordination

External Links

Suttacentral

Buddhist Door

Abhidhamma.org

Lions Roar

Fundacion Dharma Gaia 

Sakyadhita.org

Edward Burger

Dharmaseed