Woman monks: an anomaly or a misnomer?

The third millennium started with a bang in Thai Buddhist circles when a former philosophy professor was ordained a Buddhist nun in Sri Lanka. The Thai Buddhist hierarchy does not recognize nuns, and has, in fact, forbidden monks to ordain women. Thailand accommodates some 300,000 Buddhist monks - a...

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Main Author: Marja-Leena He (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 2003-07.
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