Bhikkhuni Ordination performed - by Ajahn Brahmavamso
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No the rules must not be changed. But the rules should be used in such a way so as to perpetuate the sangha, as the Buddha intended. Its just illogical to use an organisation's rules towards its own extinction
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Exactly backwards. The rule about the need of "4 bhukkhus + 4 bhikkhunis to ordain +1 more bhikkhuni" was established by the Buddha exactly to strengthen Sangha - not to weaken it. Likewise the rule about 4 bhikkhus needed to ordain +1 bhikkhu.
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pilgrim wrote:No the rules must not be changed. But the rules should be used in such a way so as to perpetuate the sangha, as the Buddha intended. Its just illogical to use an organisation's rules towards its own extinction
Get the wanting out of waiting
What does womanhood matter at all, when the mind is concentrated well, when knowledge flows on steadily as one sees correctly into Dhamma. One to whom it might occur, ‘I am a woman’ or ‘I am a man’ or ‘I’m anything at all’ is fit for Mara to address. – SN 5.2
If they take what's yours, tell yourself that you're making it a gift.
Otherwise there will be no end to the animosity. - Ajahn Fuang Jotiko
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What does womanhood matter at all, when the mind is concentrated well, when knowledge flows on steadily as one sees correctly into Dhamma. One to whom it might occur, ‘I am a woman’ or ‘I am a man’ or ‘I’m anything at all’ is fit for Mara to address. – SN 5.2
If they take what's yours, tell yourself that you're making it a gift.
Otherwise there will be no end to the animosity. - Ajahn Fuang Jotiko
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Thailand Hosts 1st ASEAN Buddhist Conference
Nakhon Pathom Rajabhat University in central Thailand played host to the 1st ASEAN Buddhist Conference on 22–23 September. Drawing monastic and lay speakers and participants from 23 countries, the inaugural forum, with the theme “ASEAN Buddhists: Beyond 26th Buddhist Century,” focused mainly on the re-establishment of female ordination in the Theravada tradition.
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Nakhon Pathom Rajabhat University in central Thailand played host to the 1st ASEAN Buddhist Conference on 22–23 September. Drawing monastic and lay speakers and participants from 23 countries, the inaugural forum, with the theme “ASEAN Buddhists: Beyond 26th Buddhist Century,” focused mainly on the re-establishment of female ordination in the Theravada tradition.
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Anukampa Bhikkhuni Project: Nuns’ Monastery Set to Become Reality
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Female Monastics in Thailand Barred From Paying Respects to Late King
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Female monks barred from paying respects
"Whatever challenges lie ahead, we will still practise as bhikkhuni. Whatever resistance from the establishment, more women will choose to pursue a spiritual path as female monastics," said Ven Dhammananda
"Nothing can stop it."
http://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opin ... g-respects
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Female monks barred from paying respects
"Whatever challenges lie ahead, we will still practise as bhikkhuni. Whatever resistance from the establishment, more women will choose to pursue a spiritual path as female monastics," said Ven Dhammananda
"Nothing can stop it."
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After reading the inspiring article about bhikkhuni Venerable Candā & the Anukampa Bhikkhuni Project, I found this article about the Thai King's funeral very disturbing because, imo, it does not matter who you are, even the Lord Buddha himself, when you are not invited you are not invited. Demanding privileges, status & respect is not the practise of Buddhism. This is not the way to earn respect & support by gate crashing a funeral (particularly when you could be meditating, following the Lord Buddha's directive).Lucas Oliveira wrote:Female Monastics in Thailand Barred From Paying Respects to Late King
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Female monks barred from paying respects
"Whatever challenges lie ahead, we will still practise as bhikkhuni. Whatever resistance from the establishment, more women will choose to pursue a spiritual path as female monastics," said Ven Dhammananda
"Nothing can stop it."
http://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opin ... g-respects
When this was said, the venerable Sāriputta asked the Blessed One: “Venerable sir, which of us has spoken well?” “You have all spoken well, Sāriputta, each in his own way. Hear also from me what kind of bhikkhu could illuminate this Gosinga Sāla-tree Wood. Here, Sāriputta, when a bhikkhu has returned from his almsround, after his meal, he sits down, folds his legs crosswise, sets his body erect, and establishing mindfulness in front of him, resolves: ‘I shall not break this sitting position until through not clinging my mind is liberated from the taints.’ That kind of bhikkhu could illuminate this Gosinga Sālatree Wood.”
That is what the Blessed One said. Those venerable ones were satisfied and delighted in the Blessed One’s words.
MN 32
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I'm don't know what is the practice in your land but in Asia and in Thailand, one does not invite others to a funeral. A funeral is generally open to the public and anyone can come to pay one's respect to the deceased. Stopping a person from attending a funeral is considered extremely bad form. Consider this: Laymen, laywomen, Theravada monks, maechees, Thai Mahayana monks and nuns, foreign nationals, Catholic monks and nuns, clergy of all religions and of all nationalities are not stopped. But Thai bhikkhunis are not allowed?CecilN wrote: After reading the inspiring article about bhikkhuni Venerable Candā & the Anukampa Bhikkhuni Project, I found this article about the Thai King's funeral very disturbing because, imo, it does not matter who you are, even the Lord Buddha himself, when you are not invited you are not invited. Demanding privileges, status & respect is not the practise of Buddhism. This is not the way to earn respect & support by gate crashing a funeral (particularly when you could be meditating, following the Lord Buddha's directive).
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Being a Bhikkhuni: Not only difficult within the Thai Forest Sangha
Unfortunately there are many places in the world where it is not easy for women to lead the monastic life!
I'd like to share this article in this thread: https://www.samita.eu/en/2017/01/27/bhi ... -politics/
And here you can read Saccavadi's story in her own words: https://sujato.wordpress.com/2010/02/16 ... dis-story/
I am quite new on this forum and found this thread on Bhikkhuni ordination, going back already for many years. I didn't read all the posts (a few thousand, I guess), but just some at the beginning and some at the end. So I am not sure if the provided information is already known to the community. My apologies if it is nothing new.
Unfortunately there are many places in the world where it is not easy for women to lead the monastic life!
I'd like to share this article in this thread: https://www.samita.eu/en/2017/01/27/bhi ... -politics/
And here you can read Saccavadi's story in her own words: https://sujato.wordpress.com/2010/02/16 ... dis-story/
I am quite new on this forum and found this thread on Bhikkhuni ordination, going back already for many years. I didn't read all the posts (a few thousand, I guess), but just some at the beginning and some at the end. So I am not sure if the provided information is already known to the community. My apologies if it is nothing new.
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The Validity of bhikkhunī Ordination by bhikkhus Only, According to the Pāli Vinaya
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From Ven. Analayo's letter:Lucas Oliveira wrote:The Validity of bhikkhunī Ordination by bhikkhus Only, According to the Pāli Vinaya
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"This seems to me not to take
fully into account the reality on the ground in Theravada countries. The revival has already happened
nearly twenty years ago and this revival began with senior and well-trained nuns taking bhikkhuni ordination.
This is one of the reasons why the revival has been so successful. The whole problem of how
to train a bhikkhuni Sangha lacking a living tradition has already been solved by relying on the living
tradition of the eight and ten precept nuns and the compassionate guidance of those bhikkhus who supported
and continue to support them."
Danke schön Ven. Analayo.
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Daughters of Buddhism in Thailand Find Growing Acceptance in the Face of Official Disapproval
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