Questions of ordination legitimacy for newly ordained Theravāda bhikkhunī in Thailand
In Thailand the widespread assumption that bhikkhunī ordination has already been disrupted and that as a result Theravāda Buddhist women can no longer be ordained has been challenged by a group of women who have received the full monastic precepts from foreign saṅgha and practise Theravāda Buddhism...
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2012
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Journal of Southeast Asian studies
Year: 2012, Volume: 43, Issue: 1, Pages: 55-76 |
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Buddhism
B Thailand Religion Religious organization Buddhism Nonnen / Mönche Frauen B Nun B Religion B Religious organization B Monk B Woman B Thailand |