
Theravada in Everyday Life with Brooke Schedneck
The Lion’s Roar Podcast
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The Legality of Female Monks in Southeast Asia
Female monks are not allowed in any part of mainland Southeast Asia so if a woman wants to do this they have to be very committed and very strong in doing it. The only place where there are female monks living in mainland Southeast Asia is in Thailand but they're not part of the Taisanga or Sri Lanka. In all four countries of manless others asia they have a precept nun category and this one is accepted like people understand who they are and know what basically their situation is.
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