"Bikkhuni Pratimoksha is highly important."--Phra Ajahn Nandayanee, Bikkhuni and founder of Wat Nirodharam 'Buddha never taught that ultimately men and women are different mentally but that the physical elements are empty of any inherent nature. In that respect, there should not be any real differentiation in the treatment and status of men and women." --Bikkhuni… Continue reading ‘BLEEDING’ WOMEN AND ‘WHAT MERIT REALLY MEANS’: On the issue of ‘Man-only’ public temples, fully ordained (Bikkhuni) Thai nuns, the thriving nunnery, Wat Nirodharam and an exclusive interview with a Thai Bikkhuni nun (Scenes from Chiang Mai Part II)