Gender Identity
People of all genders are welcome here!
The Aloka Vihara Community is on a journey of learning and understanding the expansive nature of gender, past and present. No matter where you are in your own exploration, we welcome you to this page.
If you are not cisgender and interested in visiting, please see our ‘Staying at Aloka Vihara’ page – we have space for you.
Books & Articles:
Bhikkhu Analayo, Beyond the Limitations of Binary Thinking: Mindfulness and the Tetralemma, 2021
Bhikkhuni Dhammadinna, Gender Identity, 2019 (scroll down to text in English)
A Gender-Diverse Sangha, Tricycle, 2019
Does my transgender identity conflict with Buddhism’s teachings on no-self?, Lion’s Roar, 2017
Zenju Earthlyn Manuel, The Way of Tenderness, 2015
Online Resources:
Trans 101, SRLP, 2020
Personal Pronouns Matter, MyPronouns.org
Pre-colonial communities’ history of gender fluidity, BBC, 2020
A Map of Gender-Diverse Cultures, PBS, 2015
If you have some other good resources (material that you feel is missing here or not clear enough), please contact us.