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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Main Author: Ito, Tomomi (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 2012
In: Journal of Southeast Asian studies
Year: 2012, Volume: 43, Issue: 1, Pages: 55-76
Further subjects:B Buddhism
B Thailand Religion Religious organization Buddhism Nonnen / Mönche Frauen
B Nun
B Religion
B Religious organization
B Monk
B Woman
B Thailand