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Maechi or Mae chee (Thai: แม่ชี; IPA: [mɛ̂ː.t͡ɕʰiː]), "respected mother" (แม่ +
honorific suffix "-ji"), are
Theravada Buddhist Nuns in Thailand. As female...
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later as a
maechi, she
taught high-profile
supporters of Wat
Paknam Bhasicharoen, such as Liap Sikanchananand. It was at Liap's
house that
Maechi Thongsuk...
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Thani province north of Bangkok, Thailand. It was
founded in 1970 by the
maechi (nun)
Chandra Khonnokyoong and
Luang Por Dhammajayo. It is the best-known...
- RTGS: chan khonnokyung, 20
January 1909 – 10
September 2000) was a Thai
Maechi (nun) who
founded Wat Phra Dhammakaya.
Religious studies scholar Rac****e...
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given the post of
honorary abbot of the temple. He is a
student of the nun (
maechi)
Chandra Khonnokyoong, and is the most well-known
teacher of Dhammakaya...
- Samaṇērī
Novice (m., f.)
Laity Anagārika, Anagārikā lay
renunciants (m., f.)
Maechi,
thilashin dasa sil mata,
modern female lay
renunciants (f.) Upāsaka and...
- period,
women who wish to
renounce live as anagārikās
under names such as
maechi in Thailand,
thilashin in Myanmar, and dasa sil mata in Sri Lanka. Women...
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Nayaka Committee,
there were 60,390
thilashin in
Myanmar (Burma). Like the
maechi of
neighbouring Thailand and the dasa sil mata of Sri Lanka,
thilashin occupy...
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jailed for five-and-a-half years. She
chose to
embrace a
monastic life as a
maechi,
residing in
simplicity while effectively being under house arrest. "Senior...
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similar to the
historical vows of the
getsulma (Sanskrit sāmaṇerī), like the
maechi of
Thailand and
thilashin of Myanmar. The
tradition of the
ordained monastic...
