Bhikkhuni
Bhikkhuni Bhikkhuni refers to the tradition of Buddhist holy ... nuns. While the lineage of Buddhist nuns (Bhikkhuni) was originally provided for by the Buddha ... spirit, if not the letter, of the bhikkhuni order as pious laywomen even though they ... head and either white or pink robes. Bhikkhuni orders enjoy a broad basis in ...
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Bhikkhuni   (translated from German)
Bhikkhuni That buddhistische Nun medal is nearly just ... however nevertheless in its shade. The word Bhikkhuni originates from that Pali ( Sanskrit : Bhikshuni), and ... Special rules for Bhikkhunis Over to the Bhikkhuni to be ordiniert an age must be ... be for its part for 12 years Bhikkhuni. 5 further nuns must attend the surgery ... under the monk medals, so that a Bhikkhuni has to greet also a importantly ...
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Bhikkhuni   (translated from Dutch)
Bhikkhuni bhikkhuni is non in boeddhisme . Daily living and ... of the Bhikkhunis. Moreover living travelling around bhikkhuni was more dangerous than living travelling around ... to taiwan or zuid-Korea to become bhikkhuni, whereupon they go to their own country ...
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Talk:Bhikkhuni
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Buddhism in Thailand
... controversy during recent attempts to resurrect the bhikkhuni linneage in Thailand. The second major influence ... Burma and Sri Lanka, the female Theravada bhikkhuni lineage was never established in Thailand. As ... been efforts to attempt to introduce a bhikkhuni lineage in Sri Lanka as a step ... ordained nuns be present for any new bhikkhuni ordination. Without such a quorum, critics say ... not possible to ordain any new Theravada bhikkhuni. The Thai hierarchy refuses to recognize ...
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Mae Ji
... under modern standards of human rights. The Bhikkhuni lineage is being introduced by Ven. Dhammananda ... Jis from joining her. Overview Because the bhikkhuni sangha (the order of ordained Buddhist nuns ... unfamiliar with the history of the Theravada bhikkhuni sangha, many Thais believe that the Buddha ... Thailand Despite the absence of a full bhikkhuni ordination in Thailand, a number of other ... plus a selection of rules from the bhikkhuni patimokkha . Sources Kabilsingh, Chatsumarn. Thai Women ...
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Nyanasamvara Suvaddhana
... abroad to re-create the lost Theravada bhikkhuni (nun-priest) ordination. Because of the convoluted ... calling for a rebirth of the Theravada bhikkhuni lineage. They are joined in this call ... Some supporters of the recreation of the bhikkhuni lineage have already begun to take action ... nuns through recourse to the existing Chinese bhikkhuni lineage. The Council and secular authorities have ... one Thai woman who underwent the new bhikkhuni ordination (ordained bhikkhu have a different ...
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Ordination of women
... Buddhism, the legitimacy of ordaining women as bhikkhuni (nuns) has become a significant topic of ... and deeds of some of the distinguished Bhikkhuni of early Buddhism are recorded in many ... down more rules of discipline for the bhikkhuni (311 compared to the bhikkhu's 227 ... Bhikṣuṇī' (the Sanskrit equivalent of the Pali 'Bhikkhuni'). Nuns are also found in Korea and ... Thai sangha's ban on women, Dhammananda Bhikkhuni, previously a professor of Buddhist philosophy ...
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Sangha
... she will be ordained as a full bhikkhuni. The Theravada vinaya has 311 rules of ... his mind. Before the modern era, the Bhikkhuni Sangha spread to most Buddhist countries, with ... it was not possible to revive the bhikkhuni Sanga afterwards. Consequently, as Theravada Buddhism spread ... a serious attempt to revive the Theravada Bhikkhuni Sangha with the assistance of Oriental Mahayanist ...
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Mae Chi   (translated from German)
... it neither Laiinnen (upasika) nor buddhistische nuns ( bhikkhuni ), or also only Novizinnen (samaneri) are. They ... radical call after full surgery than nun ( bhikkhuni ) was long in coming not. Bhikkhuni Dhammananda, as high-estimated Akademikerin the Dr ...
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