Today, Bhikkhuni communities exist in 40 provinces, with nine major congregations. No matter how senior monks try to block them, these women are here to stay.

Today, Bhikkhuni communities exist in 40 provinces, with nine major congregations. No matter how senior monks try to block them, these women are here to stay.

But Bhikkhuni activists are struggling to find political support for their campaign – even among human rights and feminist groups. “They don’t think that this is a human rights issue.

During her pilgrimage to sacred Buddhist sites in India, Dhammadipa Bhikkhuni met a senior monk from Thailand. She bowed and paid him respect. He responded with reprimands.

The Bhikkhuni Order founded by Gautama Buddha with much hesitancy six years after the founding of the Bhikkhu Order, lasted barely 500 years in India. However, if not for the determination and the ...

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