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   Bhikkhuni

   A Bhikkhuni (Bhikṣuṇī (Sanskrit) , Bhikkhuṇī (Pāli) or 比丘尼(Chinese characters), Thai: ภิกษุณี, IPA: [pʰiksuniː]) is a fully ordained female Buddhist monastic. Male monastics are called Bhikkhus.
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   Dhammananda Bhikkhuni

   Chatsumarn Kabilsingh (Dhammananda Bhikkhuni, b. 1945), ordained Bhikkhuni Dhammananda, is a Thai Buddhist nun.
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   Ayya Sudhamma Bhikkhuni

   In early 2003, Ayya Sudhamma traveled to South Asia, where she became the first American-born woman to gain Theravada bhikkhuni ordination in Sri Lanka.
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   Ayya Sucinta Bhikkhuni

   One of the few Western Theravadan bhikkhunis in the world, Ayya Sucinta received full ordination at the historic International Gathering of the Sangha in Bodhgaya, India in 1998. ... Ayya Sudhamma Bhikkhuni
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   Mae ji

   Despite the absence of a full bhikkhuni ordination in Thailand, a number of other groups of female renunciants emerged in Thai society during the 20th Century.
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   The Eight Garudhammas

   (8) From this day forward, the admonition of a bhikkhu by a bhikkhuni is forbidden, but the admonition of a bhikkhuni by a bhikkhu is not forbidden.
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   International Congress on Buddhist Women's Role in the Sangha

   "(8) From this day forward, the admonition of a bhikkhu by a bhikkhuni is forbidden, but the admonition of a bhikkhuni by a bhikkhu is not forbidden.
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   Buddhism in Thailand

   Without such a quorum, critics say that it is not possible to ordain any new Theravada bhikkhuni.
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   Ayya Tathaaloka

   Ayya Tathaaloka Bhikkhuni is an American-born Theravadan bhikkhuni and Buddhist teacher.
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    Dasa sil mata

    A dasa sil mata is a Buddhist eight or ten precept-holder laywoman in Sri Lanka, where the newly re-established bhikkhuni lineage is not officially recognized yet.

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• International Congress on Buddhist Women's Role in the Sangha,
• Buddhism in Thailand,
• Ayya Tathaaloka,
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