The Third International Conference of Buddhist Women

The Third International Conference of Buddhist Women was held on August 1-2 at the Buddhist University of Gandan Monastery in Ulaanbaatar. At the opening ceremony the Conference guests and participants were welcomed by His Holiness the Hambo Lama of Mongolia Choijamts, Kundeling Rinpoche, Tugsey Rinpoche, Dr. Sonam Wangchuk from Pitub Center in India, Kunze Chimed President of the Union of Buddhist Women in Mongolia and the organizer of the annual conference.

His Holiness Hambo Lama of Mongolia Choydzhyamts, Kundeling Rinpoche, Tugsey Rinpoche. Ulaanbaatar,
Mongolia. August 1, 2016.

During two days of the Conference the guests made reports and presentations on Buddhism, oriental studies, history and ethics. About three hundred Buddhist women from all Mongolia regions gathered to discuss current issues related to study and practice of traditional Buddhism. The representatives of Tibet House of Russia, Vice-President N. Berkenheim and E.A. Kosenko, the representative in Siberia, made the reports “Tibetan Diaspora in Mongolia” and “Phenomenon of Hambo Lama Itigelov as an example of the highest spiritual realization in Buddhism”.

Erdentuya translator, Kunze Chimed - president of Union of Buddhist Women in Mongolia,
N. Berkenheim Vice President and E. Kosenko Representative of Tibet House in Siberia.
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. August 1, 2016.

The International Conference of Buddhist Women in Mongolia is held each year and attracts more and more believers, Buddhists and Orientalist scholars. This initiative serves strengthening of mutual understanding and study of history, philosophy and Buddhism and it is an important component of development for interreligious dialogue in contemporary world. Thanks to such conferences, the international community has an opportunity to realize significance of women in Buddhism not only as nuns but first of all as mothers and wives handing down family and moral values to their children.