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Why The Dalai Lama Helped Tibetan Buddhist nuns Get Advanced Degrees

In August, 161 Tibetan Buddhist nuns from religious institutions across India and Nepal – a record number — gathered at the Dolma Ling Nunnery in northern India to take various levels of the “geshema” examination. These exams are in preparation for one day receiving the geshema degree, comparable with a doctorate in Tibetan Buddhist philosophy.

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