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Keeping track of the revival of bhikkhuni ordination in Sri Lanka.
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Yasodhara-Newsletter on International Buddhist Women'sActivities
- Article date:
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October 1, 2006
- Author:
- Bhikkhuni, Dhammananda
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My ordination lineage received since 2001 is from Sri Lanka, so it is utter importance for my academic interest and my personal commitment that the history of this significant event of turning the new page in the History of Buddhism in Sri Lanka and Theravada be kept to its proper details.
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The first wave of the bhikkhuni Ordination
Bhikkhuni ordination in Sri lanka started as early as 1988 when a group of 11 Sri Lankan dasasilmatas were invited to go to Los Angeles to receive full ordination at Hsi Lai temple, Hacienda Heights in Los Angeles. None of them spoke English, there was one Mrs. Rajpakse who accompanied them on this trip. Upon ...