Completed Projects
2022: Supporting the re-establishment of the order of nuns in the Tibetan tradition of the Mūlasarvāstivādavinaya
Via the website of the Committee for Bhikshuni Ordination (CBO) the Study Foundation for Buddhism received an inquiry as to how it can specifically promote the highest ordination (full ordination) for nuns in Tibetan Buddhism.
ordination) for nuns in Tibetan Buddhism. After consultation with the CBO, it became known that a highest ordination for novices in Bhutan was planned, but that there was a lack of appropriate funding. The foundation was able to help here on 17.03.2022 by raising donations and funding in the amount of 7,000 euros. The Bhutan Nuns' Foundation set an ordination date for June 21, 2022.
As reported by the media worldwide, 144 women were fully ordained, thus reviving the nuns' order in the Tibetan tradition of Mūlasarvāstivādavinaya. Thus, one of the main goals as expressed in the preamble of the statutes of the Study Foundation for Buddhism ("Wish to promote the establishment of the Bhiksuni Order (= order of fully ordained Buddhist nuns)") has been partially realized. The next step planned is an international ordination in 2024. If there are German novices who have been in the novitiate for at least five years, they could apply for ordination in Bhutan.
2022: Unterstützung des internationalen Workshops “Buddhist and Interreligious Chaplaincy and Spiritual Care”. Program available here.
Further reading (german): Wie können wir buddhistische Seelsorge nach Deutschland bringen?
2022: Printing subsidy Sakyadhita Sri Lanka
The Foundation for Buddhist Studies actively supports research on the Buddhist religion worldwide. Pursuant to § 2 (5), on February 7, 2022, a printing cost grant of €1,000.00 was awarded to Sakyadhita Training and Meditation Sri Lanka for the publication of the biography of Ranjani de Silva. The book titled 'Walking in the Sunshine of the Bhikkhunis: The Woman behind the Bhikkhuni Revival' has been released and can be downloaded here.
2019: Ringvorlesung “Achtsamkeit in der Pädagogik” at the University of Hamburg in the summer semester 2019
2018: Conference „Buddhism in Dialogue with Contemporary Societies“
2017: Support for the Academy of World Religions at the University of Hamburg
Vorbereitung auf die Durchführung der Internationalen und Interdisziplinären Konferenz “Buddhismus im Dialog mit Modernen Gesellschaften” vom 20.-22. Juni 2018 an der Universität Hamburg (inklusive Zahlung von Reisekosten für Referenten). Die Übernahme dieser Kosten dient den in der Präambel zum Stiftungszweck genannten Zielen, d.h. der schwerpunktartigen und langfristigen traditionsübergreifenden Unterstützung auf dem Gebiet der Vermittlung buddhistischer Grundlagen durch qualifizierte Übersetzungen in die deutsche Sprache (§ 2 (4) der Satzung)
2016: Donation to the Jangchub Choeling Education & Welfare Society
Zweck: Ausrichtung einer Zeremonie am 23.12.2016 im Jangchub Choeling Nonnenkloster anlässlich der Verleihung eines „Certificate of Excellence“ an die ersten 20 tibetischen Nonnen, die nach 21 Jahren Studium am 22.12.2016 den monastisch-akademischen Grad einer “Geshema” erreicht haben. Die Studienstiftung für Buddhismus (damals noch Studienstiftung für Tibetischen Buddhismus) hatte am 01.06.1995 eine Spende in Höhe von 5.000 DM an das Tibetan Council for Religious and Cultural Affairs gezahlt. Mit der damaligen Initial-Spende wurde die erste Winterdebatte (Jang Guenchoe) für tibetische Nonnen initiiert, die zum Forum für die jetzt jährlich stattfindenden Prüfungen hin zum Geshema-Abschluss wurde.
2016: Donation toward the Committee for Bhikshuni Ordination (CBO)
As part of an educational campaign, a brochure on the Buddhist nuns' ordination was printed and distributed (3450 copies).
A further publication for distribution to Tibetan monk scholars was prepared. The printed publication "Revival of the Bhikṣuṇī Vow in the Tibetan Buddhist Tradition" is also available online as an ebook: www.bhiksuniordination.org
2012: Support of the Buddhist Women's Educational Society
2007: „1st International Congress on Buddhist Women’s Role in the Sangha“
