- A bhikkhunī (Pali: 𑀪𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀼𑀦𑀻, Sanskrit: भिक्षुणी, romanized:
bhikṣuṇī) is a
Buddhist nun,
fully ordained female in
Buddhist monasticism. Bhikkhunīs...
- as
bhikṣuṇīs (who take the full set of
monastic vows in the Vinaya). When
Buddhism traveled from
India to Tibet,
apparently the
quorum of
bhikṣuṇīs required...
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Chinese Buddhism, and
their Prātimokṣa (monastic
rules for bhikṣus and
bhikṣuṇīs) are
still in
effect in East
Asian countries to this day,
including China...
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phonetically imported Sanskrit words in
Chinese include samgha (Chinese: seng),
bhiksuni (ni),
kasaya (jiasha), namo or
namas (namo), and
nirvana (niepan). The...
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several bhikṣunīs tried to
defend him.
Another time,
shortly after the p****ing away of the Buddha, Mahākāśyapa gave a
teaching to
bhikṣunīs in the presence...
- 2008. Park, Pori (2017). "Uplifting
Spiritual Cultivation for Lay People:
Bhikṣuṇī Master Daehaeng (1927–2012) of the
Hanmaum Seonwon (One Mind Sŏn Center)...
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governing the
behaviour of
Buddhist monastics (monks or bhikṣus and nuns or
bhikṣuṇīs).
Prati means "towards" and mokṣa
means "liberation" from
cyclic existence...
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Centre for
Buddhist Studies (5): 9–41. ——— (2013b). "The
Gurudharmaon Bhikṣuṇī Ordination in the Mūlasarvāstivāda Tradition".
Journal of
Buddhist Ethics...
- 27, 2022.
Bhiksuni Thubten Choedron, "Brief
History of
Bhiksunis",
Committee for the
Bhiksuni Ordination in the
Tibetan Buddhist Tradition, 2017. Venerable...
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Another one is the
giving up of lay life and
becoming a
monastic (bhiksu or
bhiksuni).
Practicing celibacy (whether for life as a monk, or temporarily) is also...
