- high-ranking
monastics seems to have
discouraged maechis from
joining her.
Maechee Kaew (or Kyaw, 1901-1991) was a
student of the
famous Thai
Forest Master...
-
Buddhist bhikkhuni vihara. A 55-year-old Thai
Buddhist 8-precept white-robed
maechee nun,
Varanggana Vanavichayen,
became the
first woman to
receive the going-forth...
- and
jailed briefly. A 55-year-old Thai
Buddhist 8-precept white-robed
maechee nun,
Varanggana Vanavichayen,
became the
first woman to
receive the going-forth...
-
lineage in
Taiwan in 1971. A 55-year-old Thai
Buddhist 8-precept white-robed
maechee nun,
Varanggana Vanavichayen,
became the
first woman ordained as a monk...
-
lawyer and women's
rights advocate until late in life when she
became a
maechee. Most
noted for her
human rights work with women, she
established the first...
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being other forms of
Theravada female monastics such as dasasilamatas,
maechees and
thilashins is on the rise, as are the
number of bhikkhunīs from East...
