First International Theravada Bhikkhuni Ordination in Bangladesh

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First International Theravada Bhikkhuni Ordination in Bangladesh

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Buddhist Women’s Orders Return to their Ancestral Motherlands: First International Theravada Bhikkhuni Ordination in Bangladesh

For the first time in the contemporary history of Bangladesh, six Bangladeshi Theravada women were fully ordained as bhikkhunis in the newly established sima (Pali. boundary) at the Damdama Bhikkhuni Sangharam and Meditation Center in Chattogram on 20 October 2022. New bhikkunis Dhammadinna, Krisha, Chala, Kushala, Apurna, and Vineeta had each undergone extensive Dhamma-Vinaya training for several years prior in preparation for their higher ordination. Among the six new bhikkhunis, all of whom were from Bangladesh; three were from the Barua Buddhist community, and three were from ethnic Buddhist communities in the Chattogram Hill Tracts.

https://www.buddhistdoor.net/features/b ... angladesh/

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Reception for new Bangladesh bhikkhunis with the Bhikkhu-Bhikkhuni Ubhato Sangha just after ordination (new bhikkhunis are holding ordination certificates)

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Re: First International Theravada Bhikkhuni Ordination in Bangladesh

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Two questions.

1. How can an ordination of Bangladeshi women in Bangladesh be International?

2. How can an revolutionary ordination against Theravada be Theravada?
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Eko Care wrote: Sun Apr 02, 2023 10:15 pm ordination against Theravada
Did the Buddha make the rule an ordination lineage must trace back to him?
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Enam wrote: Tue Apr 04, 2023 1:20 am
Eko Care wrote: Sun Apr 02, 2023 10:15 pm ordination against Theravada
Did the Buddha make the rule an ordination lineage must trace back to him?
Yes. See Vinaya.
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Eko Care wrote: Tue Apr 04, 2023 12:38 pm Yes. See Vinaya.
Please quote where the Vinaya says the Buddha said an ordination lineage must trace back to the Buddha.
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