All through the long history of Buddhism, women have played a very important role. They received full ordination from the Buddha himself, were teachers, healers, great masters, founded lines of transmission and achieved enlightenment. The equality of women and men is an basic principle of the European and international legislation. Unfortunately we have to observe a big gap between the legislation and the experience of everyday life. In this episode we talked with Vajramala about her early childhood, about famous female Buddhist practitioners of the past and present and where we stand regarding the equality of woman in 2022. Vajramala, whose real name is Sabine Thielow, is a longtime and personal student of Lama Anagarika and was ordained in 1977 and received her teaching authorization in 1984. She is a teacher and has been running a Buddhist study and meditation center on Lake Constance.  https://www.buddhistwomen.eu