Article: Siri Laka Meheni Udawa (Revival of the bhikkhuni Order in Sri Lanka).

Article: Vicissitudes of the Bhikkhuni Order.
Yasodhara-Newsletter on International Buddhist Women's Activities;  October 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Sri Lanka and China were ... introduction of the Bhikkhuni Order during the reign ... history of the Bhikkhuni Order in Sri Lanka. Later during ... The Chinese Bhikkhuni Order thus founded ... Buddhism in Sri Lanka became mixed ...

Article: Establishment of Bhikkhuni Order
The Sunday Observer;  July 5, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... an envoy to India to request and establish the Bhikkhuni Order in Sri Lanka. That auspicious Esala Poya falls tomorrow which ... Sri Lanka is the first country to have set up a Bhikkhuni Order, a `gift' from India the birthplace of Buddhism ...

Article: Revival of the Bhikkhuni Sasana in Sri Lanka.
Yasodhara-Newsletter on International Buddhist Women's Activities;  January 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... misconceptions prevalent in Sri Lanka regarding the ... disappearance of the Bhikkhuni Order? We cannot adduce ... There was no Bhikkhuni Order in Burma, Thailand ... Order of nuns in Sri Lanka. Also during ... not revive the Bhikkhuni Order. Can they ...

Article: Centenary of the dasasilmatas in Sri Lanka.
Yasodhara-Newsletter on International Buddhist Women's Activities;  April 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... dasasilmata nuns in Sri Lanka. For nearly 50 years ... who introduced the Bhikkhuni Order to Lanka during the ... who introduced the Bhikkhuni Order some 300 years before ... important towns. Before Sri Lanka gained independence ...

Article: Following Princess Anula's footstep.
Yasodhara-Newsletter on International Buddhist Women's Activities;  April 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... converting Tissa, the king of Sri Lanka to Buddhism. The first Sri ... Sanghamitta Theri to come to Sri Lanka to establish the bhikkhuni Order. With this historical context ... situated in the north of Colombo, Sri Lanka One of the popular mural paintings ...

Article: First Thai woman ordained novice is divorced with two children.
Voices of Thai Women;  May 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... eight Bhikkhuni from Sri Lanka, Taiwan and Indonesia ... the revival of the Bhikkhuni order, I decided to get ... protected by dhamma". Sri Lanka revived female ordinations ... back to the Theravada Bhikkhuni order in Sri Lanka. It was then legitimate ...

Article: One heart one mind: faith and commitment.
Yasodhara-Newsletter on International Buddhist Women's Activities;  October 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... important Buddhist center in Sri Lanka and so it is most appropriate ... Bhikkhuni to come to Sri Lanka, the Most Venerable ... King Asoka who came to Sri Lanka at his request in order to establish the bhikkhuni order in that island as did ...