Rev. Danny Fisher

Would you like to contribute to efforts “toward the establishment and protection of a thriving Theravada bhikkhuni sangha in the U.S. and abroad?” Then the Alliance for Bhikkhunis might be an organization for you to check out.

Also, the Women in American Buddhism Conference ends today in Denver. I meant to blog about this sooner, but dropped the ball. If talks or transcripts are posted, I’ll be sure to get links here. In the meantime, here’s a good article about Buddhist women in America, the conference, and its organizer Carol Gansho O’Dowd–an old and dear friend of mine from Naropa days.

The Independent‘s Peter Popham considers Buddhism, politics, and the future of Burma as the one year anniversary of the “Saffron Revolution” arrives this month.

At his blog Shadow Tibet, Jamyang Norbu has posted a new poem by dissident Tibetan writer Woeser, entitled “The Fear in Lhasa.”