College:
Regent’s Park College
Thesis:
The Lost Tradition: A Study of the Bhikṣuṇī Vinaya in the School of Mahāsāṃghika-Lokottaravāda
Supervisors:
Kate Crosby and Diwakar Acharya
Biography
Received full ordination and became bhikṣuṇī in 2016
Founded Oxford Buddhist Studies Society and currently serve as Honorary Committee Member (2023—present)
Educational Background
DPhil candidate in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Oxford
MPhil in Buddhist Studies, University of Oxford
MA in Asian Studies, Leiden University
MA in Buddhist Studies, The University of HongKong
BA in Education, Beijing Normal University
Research interests
Indian and Chinese Buddhist monasticism, Bhikṣuṇī Vinaya, Sarvāstivāda Abhidharma, Buddhist hybrid Sanskrit and Pāli, Buddhist manuscript and the Chinese Buddhist Canon.
Recent publications
“Fulfilling My Perfection of Morality” —The Origin and Development of the Concept Śīla-pāramitā (Part 1), 2025, Journal of Indian Philosophy. DOI: 10.1007/s10781-024-09592-6
From Tīrthika to Tīrthikā: Gender, Canonical Variants, and Editorial Intervention in the Chinese Mahāsāṃghika Vinaya. Forthcoming, Studies in Chinese Religions
Links
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