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|485||Five monks from [[Gandhara]] travel to the country of [[Fusang]] (Japan, or possibly the [[Americas]]), where they introduce Buddhism.
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|495||The [[Shaolin Monastery|Shaolin temple]] is built in the name of Buddhabhadra, by edict of emperor Wei Xiao Wen.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.easternmartialarts.com/kungfu_history.htm|title=A brief History of Kung Fu |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006103315/http://www.easternmartialarts.com/kungfu_history.htm|archive-date=October 6, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | author = Canzonieri, Salvatore |date=February–March 1998 | title = History of Chinese Martial Arts: Jin Dynasty to the Period of Disunity | journal = Han Wei Wushu | volume = 3 | issue = 9
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|1305–1316||Buddhists in [[Persian Empire|Persia]] attempt to convert [[Uldjaitu Khan]].
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|1312||In the [[Mahayana]] tradition during the 13th century, the [[Japanese people|Japanese]] [[Mugai Nyodai]] became the first female abbess and thus the first ordained female [[Zen master]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Abbess Nyodai's 700th Memorial|url=http://www.medievaljapanesestudies.org/past-activities-programs/abbess-nyodais-700th-memorial.html|publisher=Institute for Medieval Japanese Studies|
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|1321||[[Sojiji]] Soto Zen Temple and Monastery established by [[Keizan Zenji]].
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|1966||The [[World Buddhist Sangha Council]] is convened by [[Theravada|Theravadins]] in [[Sri Lanka]] with the hope of bridging differences and working together. The first convention is attended by leading monks from many countries and sects, [[Mahayana]] as well as [[Theravada]]. Nine ''[[Basic Points Unifying the Theravada and Mahayana]]'' are written by Ven. [[Walpola Rahula]] are approved unanimously.
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|1966||[[Freda Bedi]], a British woman, becomes the first Western woman to take ordination in [[Tibetan Buddhism]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-61180-425-6 |title=Nonfiction Book Review: The Revolutionary Life of Freda Bedi: British Feminist, Indian Nationalist, Buddhist Nun by Vicki Mackenzie. Shambhala, |isbn=978-1-61180-425-6 |publisher=Publishersweekly.com |access-date
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|1967||Friends of the Western Sangha (later [[Friends of the Western Buddhist Order]]) founded by Urgyen [[Sangharakshita]]
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|2001||May – Two of the world's tallest ancient Buddha statues, the [[Buddhas of Bamyan]], are completely destroyed by the [[Taliban]] in [[Bamyan, Afghanistan|Bamyan]], [[Afghanistan]].
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|2002||[[Khenmo Drolma]], an American woman, became the first bhikkhuni in the [[Drikung Kagyu]] lineage of Buddhism, getting ordained in Taiwan in 2002.<ref name="vajradakininunnery.org">{{cite web |url=http://www.vajradakininunnery.org/firstsforwomen.html |title=Women Making History |publisher=Vajradakininunnery.org |
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|2003||[[Ayya Sudhamma Bhikkhuni]] became the first American-born woman to gain bhikkhuni ordination in the [[Theravada]] school in Sri Lanka.<ref name="OWBAW2006">[http://www.owbaw.org/2006.asp The Outstanding Women in Buddhism Awards (2006)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110114014726/http://www.owbaw.org/2006.asp |date=2011-01-14 }}.</ref><ref name="ViharaBio">[http://www.carolinabuddhist.net/bhikkhunisudhammabio.html Carolina Buddhist Vihara (n.d.)] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100907212752/http://www.carolinabuddhist.net/bhikkhunisudhammabio.html |date=September 7, 2010 }}.</ref><ref name="PreservingTheDhamma">[http://www.bhavanasociety.org/pdfs/PreservingTheDhamma.pdf Bhāvanā Society Forest Monastery (2007)], p. 165.</ref>
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|2004||[[Khenmo Drolma]] became the first westerner, male or female, to be installed as an abbot in the [[Drikung Kagyu]] lineage of Buddhism. She was installed as the abbot of the Vajra Dakini Nunnery in 2004.<ref name="vajradakininunnery.org"/> The Vajra Dakini Nunnery does not follow [[The Eight Garudhammas]].<ref name="vajradakini">{{cite web|url=http://www.vajradakininunnery.org/ |title=Vajra Dakini Nunnery |publisher=Vajra Dakini Nunnery |
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|2004||April – In [[Sri Lanka]], Buddhist monks acting as candidates for the [[Jaathika Hela Urumaya]] party win nine seats in elections.
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|2006||For the first time in American history, a Buddhist ordination was held where an American woman (Sister Khanti-Khema) took the [[Samaneri]] (novice) vows with an American monk ([[Bhante Vimalaramsi]]) presiding. This was done for the Buddhist American Forest Tradition at the Dhamma Sukha Meditation Center in Missouri.<ref name="dhammasukha">[http://www.dhammasukha.org/About/khema.htm Background story for Sister Khema] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112022038/http://www.dhammasukha.org/About/khema.htm |date=2013-11-12 }}</ref>
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|2007||Myokei Caine-Barrett, born and ordained in Japan, became the first female Nichiren priest in her affiliated Nichiren Order of North America.<ref>{{cite web|author=Zen T.C. Zheng |url=http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/religion/6717424.html |title=Cultivating her faith: Buddhist order's first female priest tends to diverse congregation |publisher=Chron.com |
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|2008||After a 10-year process of advanced training culminating in a ceremony called shitsugo (literally "room-name"), [[Sherry Chayat]] received the title of roshi and the name Shinge ("Heart/Mind Flowering") from Eido Roshi, which was the first time that this ceremony was held in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.zencenterofsyracuse.org/sites/default/files/dharmaConnection2008.pdf |title= Dharma Connections 2008 p.9 |publisher=Zen Center of Syracuse |
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|2010||[[Western Buddhist Order]] (Founder: Urgyen [[Sangharakshita]]) changes name to Triratna Buddhist Order and Friends of the Western Buddhist Order to [[Triratna Buddhist Community]].
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|2010||The first Tibetan Buddhist nunnery in America (Vajra Dakini Nunnery in Vermont) was officially consecrated. It offers novice ordination and follows the [[Drikung Kagyu]] lineage of Buddhism. The abbot of the Vajra Dakini nunnery is [[Khenmo Drolma]], an American woman, who is the first bhikkhuni in the [[Drikung Kagyu]] lineage of Buddhism, having been ordained in Taiwan in 2002.<ref name="vajradakininunnery.org"/><ref name="drolma"/> She is also the first westerner, male or female, to be installed as an abbot in the [[Drikung Kagyu]] lineage of Buddhism, having been installed as the abbot of the Vajra Dakini Nunnery in 2004.<ref name="vajradakininunnery.org"/> The Vajra Dakini Nunnery does not follow [[The Eight Garudhammas]].<ref name="vajradakini"/>
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|2010||In Northern California, 4 novice nuns were given the full bhikkhuni ordination in the Thai [[Theravada]] tradition, which included the double ordination ceremony. [[Bhante Gunaratana]] and other monks and nuns were in attendance. It was the first such ordination ever in the Western hemisphere.<ref name="Boorstein">{{cite news| url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sylvia-boorstein/ordination-of-bhikkhunis-_b_702921.html#s133846 | work=Huffington Post | first=Sylvia | last=Boorstein |
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|2010||The [[Soto Zen Buddhist Association]] (SZBA) approves a document honoring the women ancestors in the Zen tradition at its biannual meeting on October 8, 2010. Female ancestors, dating back 2,500 years from India, China, and Japan, may now be included in the curriculum, ritual, and training offered to Western Zen students.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chanting Names Once Forgotten: The Zen Women Ancestors Document|url=http://www.lionsroar.com/chanting-names-once-forgotten/|publisher=[[Lion's Roar (magazine)|Lion's Roar]]|date=February 18, 2014|
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|2011||The [[Institute for Buddhist Dialectical Studies]] (IBD) in Dharamsala, India, conferred the degree of ''geshe'' on [[Venerable Kelsang Wangmo]], a German nun, thus making her the world's first female [[geshe]].<ref name="huffingtonpost.com">{{cite news| url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michaela-haas/buddhism-women_b_862798.html | work=Huffington Post | title=2,500 Years After The Buddha, Tibetan Buddhists Acknowledge Women | date=18 May 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Geshe Kelsang Wangmo, An Interview with the World's First Female Geshe|url=http://fpmt.org/mandala-today/geshe-kelsang-wangmo-an-interview-with-the-worlds-first-female-geshe/|publisher=[[Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition]]|date=September 11, 2012|
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|2013||Tibetan women were able to take the geshe exams for the first time.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.onfaith.co/onfaith/2013/06/07/buddhist-nun-professors-or-none|title=Buddhist nun professors or none?|publisher=onfaith|date=June 7, 2013|
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|2014||[[Nalanda University]] (also known as Nalanda International University) is a newly established university located in [[Rajgir]], near [[Nalanda]], [[Bihar]], India. It has been established in a bid to revive the ancient seat of learning. The university has acquired 455 acres of land for its campus and has been allotted ₹2727 crores (around $454M) by the Indian government.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/sushma-swaraj-inaugurates-nalanda-university/articleshow/42921545.cms | title=Sushma Swaraj inaugurates Nalanda University | date=19 September 2014 | agency=Economic Times |
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|2016||Twenty Tibetan Buddhist nuns became the first Tibetan women to earn geshe degrees.<ref>{{cite web|last=Nuns |first=Tibetan |url=https://tnp.org/geshema/ |title=Tibetan Buddhist Nuns Make History: Congratulations Geshema Nuns! |publisher = The Tibetan Nuns Project – Tnp.org |date=2016-07-14 |
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