Awards
Outstanding Women in Buddhism 2011
Outstanding Women in Buddhism 2011
Samaneri Dhamma Visudtha
Thailand
Samaneri Dhamma Visudtha, female novice. Ordained a nun at 15, she has spent the past 39 years practising and teaching dharma and meditation. A highly respected teacher, she was ordained a samaneri ...
Maechee Daranee Chantrawut
Thailand
Maechee Daranee Chantrawut, Buddhist nun. The former teacher with several awards to her credit, she now teaches meditation and dharma to women practitioners at her own nunnery, where therapeutic ...
Debra Quayle Travis
USA
Debra Quayle Travis, meditation teacher. With strong foundations in both Theravada and Vajrayana Buddhism, Travis has for the past 15 years been teaching meditation to people from all walks of life, ...
Hathairat Suda
Thailand
Hathairat Suda, social worker and activist. For the past 17 years, Hathairat has been working to promote reproductive health, HIV/Aids prevention, and sex education amongst youngsters. Once ordained ...
Sujitra Onkom
Thailand
Sujitra (Sudassa) Onkom, academic, dharma writer and vipassana meditation teacher. Teaching at the Humanities and Social Sciences Faculty of Rajabhat University's Thon Buri campus, she has penned 18 ...