Hi everyone: I asked the question, because I was considering a teacher. I have not known of Theravada monks and nuns living together; I thought that they are always separate. I don't have many examples, and I thought historically it was possible that nuns helped out the monks and acted as assistants...

Hello Do Theravada nuns and monks commonly live together in the same monastery? Are Theravada monasteries normally co-ed? I was under the impression that monasteries were separated by sex--is this not true? It seems unusual for a forest tradition senior monk to have a nun as his sole companion and a...

Hello- could someone please explain the difference between these names--Ajahn, Bhante, and Bhikkhu. Most specifically why is one called Venerable Bhante so and so instead of Bhikkhu ____? Do the names connote higher authority, or do they have to do with where the monk trained?

Sher

Hello-- I have been away from Dhammawheel for 8 - 12 months. I found my old username and PW no longer worked. Does the system drop one, if they do not use the forum for a certain period of time? Sher