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“There are problems involving with children, women, violence,
people’s suffering and injustice which are clearly visible and

should be solved. What should we do to fight these problems

while maintaining our inner peace, this is a big challenge.”

Dhammananda Bhikkuni

“The Buddha was magnificent. He clearly stated that women
could achieve dharma, as well as enlightenment in the same way as
men. The Buddha did not only challenge the caste system but also

the capacity of human, which created opportunity for women to
practice the dharma systematically,” said Dhammananda Bhikkuni from

Songdhammakalyani Monastery, a former lecturer from Thammasat
University, Assistant Professor Dr. Chatsumarn Kabilsingh or “Luang
Mae”. She pioneered the path of Bhikkuni in Thailand, completing the

4 assemblies of the Buddhist community in Thailand. Her Buddhist
path started with 311 precepts in 2001 when she took her “samaneri”
ordination named “Dhammananda.” She was the first Thai woman

to be ordained in a Theravada monastic lineage. Then, she received
full monastic ordination as a bhikkhuni of the Theravada tradition in
Sri Lanka, 2003.

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