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The Bhikkhunī Ordination Debate: Global Aspirations, Local Concerns, with special emphasis on the views of the monastic community in Burma

Hiroko Kawanami

Buddhist Studies Review 24 (2):226-244 (2007)

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Peeling Back the Layers: Female Higher Ordination in Sri Lanka.Vanessa Sasson - 2010 - Buddhist Studies Review 27 (1):77-84.details The question of higher ordination for Therav?da women is a complicated one. Although thousands of Buddhist women in a number of different Therav?da countries pursue a life of homelessness and renunciation, the majority are not recognized as ordained renunciants by their surrounding male monastic orders. This paper explores some of the reasons behind the general reticence concerning higher ordination felt by many of the silm?tas interviewed, and focuses specifically on some of the socio-economic factors that may be affecting their decision-making (...) process. (shrink) Download Export citation Bookmark
Lao Buddhist Women: Quietly Negotiating Religious Authority.Karma Lekshe Tsomo - 2010 - Buddhist Studies Review 27 (1):85-106.details Throughout years of war and political upheaval, Buddhist women in Laos have devotedly upheld traditional values and maintained the practice of offering alms and other necessities to monks as an act of merit. In a religious landscape overwhelmingly dominated by bhikkhus, a small number have renounced household life and become maekhaos, celibate women who live as nuns and pursue contemplative practices on the periphery of the religious mainstream. Patriarchal ecclesiastical structures and the absence of a lineage of full ordination for (...) Download Export citation Bookmark
Western Buddhist Perceptions of Monasticism.Brooke Schedneck - 2009 - Buddhist Studies Review 26 (2):229-246.details This paper explores the contemporary encounter between Western cultures and the Buddhist tradition of monasticism. I have investigated attitudes towards this institution in the forms of contemporary Buddhist memoirs, blog websites, interviews, and dharma talks. This article argues that the institution in general is not ideal for some Western Buddhists— it is seen by some as too restricting or anti-modern. Others find value in monasticism; they are aware of those who critique the institution, and offer instead a model that removes (...) Download Export citation Bookmark 1 citation
Fifth Century Chinese Nuns: An Exemplary Case.Ann Heirman - 2010 - Buddhist Studies Review 27 (1):61-76.details According to tradition, the first Buddhist nun, Mah?praj?pat?, accepted eight fundamental rules as a condition for her ordination. One of these rules says that a full ordination ceremony, for a nun, must be carried out in both orders: first in the nuns’ order, and then in the monks’ order. Both orders need to be represented by a quorum of legal witnesses. It implies that in the absence of such a quorum, an ordination cannot be legally held, in vinaya terms. This (...) Download Export citation Bookmark

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