monasticism-and-western-adaption_karma-lekshe-tsomo.md

title	authors	external_url	drive_links	year	course	tags	pages
The History of Buddhist Monasticism and Its Western Adaptation	Bhikshuni Karma Lekshe Tsomo	https://www.bhikkhuni.net/the-history-of-buddhist-monasticism-and-its-western-adaptation/	https://drive.google.com/file/d/1787r1e1rsUcdPRkkuTmYJEQe9n3Gn0oB/view?usp=drivesdk	1999	form	nuns	6

The general public, including Western Buddhists themselves, often assumes that Buddhist monastics are cared for by an order, as are Christian monastics, and are surprised to learn that newly-ordained Western nuns and monks may be left to deal with issues of sustenance completely on their own.