Theravada Bhikkhuni and the Buddha's Four-fold Assembly

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Theravada Bhikkhuni and the Buddha's Four-fold Assembly

by Dr Dion Peoples, The Buddhist Channel, Aug 8, 2015

A properly functioning Sangha has four aspects: bhikkhus, bhikkhunis, lay women and lay men. All are equally required to uphold and support the Buddha's doctrinal tradition and practices.
Bangkok, Thailand -- When I was in the US Air Force, stationed in Germany, I was given a set of books - the writings of Nicherin, by an older woman co-worker.  I also came into contact with a Taiwanese Buddhist woman who owned and operated a Chinese Restaurant, near the base where I was stationed.  

Thai TV anchor turned monk fights for women's right to be ordained

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Thai TV anchor turned monk fights for women's right to be ordained

In Thailand, where women are forbidden from being ordained, a former TV anchor turned 'bhikkhuni' is shaking up the old guard. Carol Isoux reports. Pictures by Dario Pignatelli

SOAS: Thai Buddhism Day on 4th June

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SOAS :

Thai Buddhism Day 2015

Date: 4 June 2015Time: 10:00 AM

Finishes: 4 June 2015Time: All Day

Venue: Russell Square: College Buildings

Type of Event: Workshop

A celebration of the Buddha's birthday at SOAS.

Discover Thailand, its language, culture and religion!

For students in Years 7, 8 and 9.

Schools are welcome to bring up to 10 students each.

Lunch will be served.

Register here.

Thai Buddhism Day Programme

10:00- Welcome
10:10-11:40- Presentation and conversation- basic facts about Thailand and Thai Buddhism.
11:40-12:40- Language taster
12:40-13:25 Lunch break
13:25-14:15 -Thai demons and ghosts: role play
14:15-14:40- Extract from the animated film “The Buddha” showing the Buddha’s enlightenment scene flowed by a short talk and guided meditation.
14:40-14:55- Fruit salad game/Counting game
14:55-15:15- Make your own Buddha; students will receive Buddha templates according to their date of birth and will decorate them, to take home with them.
15:15-15:30 Evaluation

Contact email: routes@soas.ac.uk

If the robes fit...

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If the robes fit... 

The monkhood has long been off limits to women, but one 'bhikkhuni' is pushing for change, arguing the tradition is based on nothing more than a misguided technicality 

15 Feb 2015 at 06.35 

Newspaper section: Spectrum

Writer: Jeerawat Na Thalang 

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Stand up to hatred

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Stand up to hatred 

Published: 20 Jan 2015 at 06.00 

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Credit a top US diplomat for raising the issue of fast-growing religious intolerance in our region. Tom Malinowski, an official of the human rights office of the US State Department, made his comments... 

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Buddhist Women As Agents of Change: Case Studies from Thailand and Indonesia

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Buddhist Women As Agents of Change: Case Studies from Thailand and Indonesia

by Lai Suat Yan

In Search of Spiritual Parity

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Deccan Herald : in search of spiritual parity

Baishali Adak, Sep 10, 2014, DHNS:

A senior research scholar and journalist, Teena Amrit Gill, recently screened her documentary film at the India International Centre in Delhi. With this film she brought to the fore a very niche subject that few would know about in India and even fewer would care. White Robes, Saffron Dreams dealt with the conspicuous absence of bhikhunis or Buddhist nuns in Thailand – a country that has an ancient tradition of Theravada Buddhism and over three lakh practising bhikhus or monks.

Breaking through Buddhism

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Breaking through Buddhism

Text and photos by Hilary Cadigan, Chiang Mai News, Vol. 23 No. 8 August 2014

Chiangmai, Thailand -- Ouyporn Khuankaew's life began as many do here in northern Thailand, in a poor rice-farming family of devout Buddhists. But despite the regular temple visits and dutiful merit-making, Ouyporn's father was a violent man who regularly beat his family, even threatening them with an axe in the middle of the night. No one in the close-knit neighbourhood ever stepped in to help, and the monks and abbots from the local temples never said a thing. Ouyporn's mother accepted the beatings as her karma.