8 posts
Difficulty & Resilience
3 August 2026
Women are present throughout the Buddhist canon—as leaders, rule-breakers, survivors, and saints. Learn about some of the most compelling female figures in the Vinaya, the monastic code, and the unexpected…
Community & Ethics
2 July 2026
Dr. Annie Heckman discusses the craft of translating Buddhist monastic law, the challenges of honoring Tibetan syntax in English, AI's role in translation work, and her current book project on…
Community & Ethics
4 April 2025
Discover the origins of the three-month rainy season retreat tradition in this conversation with 84000 research editor Dr. Bob Miller about The Chapters on Monastic Discipline.
Community & Ethics
28 January 2025
Dr. Bob Miller explores the origins of Buddhist monastic life through newly published texts, tracing how wandering ascetics established the first sanghas.
Inside the Canon
24 September 2024
The Vinaya presents monastic discipline from the Mūlasarvāstivāda tradition, containing rules for monks and nuns and the stories explaining why each rule came to be.
Community & Ethics
9 August 2021
Translator Dr. Fumi Yao explores The Chapter on Medicines and how ancient Buddhist texts reveal an unexpectedly expansive view of what constitutes medicine.
Community & Ethics
14 July 2021
Beyond monastic rules, The Chapter on Medicines offers the Buddha's healing narratives, past-life stories, epidemic protection, and insights on devotion's karmic power.
Difficulty & Resilience
3 August 2020
A powerful female Buddha who vowed to remain in feminine form until all beings are free—Tara's practice offers relief and resilience during crises, ancient and contemporary.
