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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 63. Chapters: Buddhist nuns, Christian nuns, Fictional nuns, Abbess, Bhikkhuni, Carmella Cammeniti, Aurora, Betty Ross, Ho Yuen Hoe, Dhammananda Bhikkhuni, International Congress on Buddhist Women's Role in the Sangha, Sister Fidelma, Maria Skobtsova, Katerina Lemmel, Princess Ileana of Romania, Pema Chodron, Freda Bedi, Tenzin Palmo, Desert Mothers, Carola Roloff, Maya Herrera, Robina Courtin, Tsultrim Allione, Chan Khong, Sister Pete, Heinkel Wolfe and Yumie Takagi, Yukariko Sanada, The Flying Nun, Mugai Nyodai, The Eight Garudhammas, Sister Vajira, Egeria, Sister Uppalavanna, Martine Batchelor, Ayya Khema, Eustochium, Phuntsog Nyidron, Myokyo-ni, Yifa, Killer Nun, Cecily Bodenham, Sister Mary Elephant, Byzantine Discalced Carmelites, Dhammadharini Vihara, Sister Pelagia, Beatrijs, Passang Lhamo, Adela and Irmina, Marie Keyrouz, Xenia Shestova, Absence of Goodness, Agapetae, Eleanor Carey, Mariam Baouardy, Maura O'Halloran, Sister Mary McArthur, Apostolnik, Black Veil, Pharailde, Guda, Apronia. Excerpt: A bhikkhuni (P li) or bhik u (Sanskrit) is a fully ordained female Buddhist monastic. Male monastics are called bhikkhus. Both bhikkhunis and bhikkhus live by the vinaya. Bhikkhuni lineages enjoy a broad basis in Mahayana countries like Korea, Vietnam, China, and Taiwan. According to Buddhist scriptures, the order of bhikkhunis was first created by the Buddha at the specific request of his foster-mother Mahapajapati Gotami, who became the first ordained bhikkhuni, relayed via his attendant Ananda (who also urged for the Buddha's acceptance of it). The bhikkhuni order spread to many countries. For a country or nation to be considered as truly Buddhist, the majority of the nation must be Buddhist and include at least a fourfold assembly of bhikkhus, bhikkhunis, upasakas and, upasikas. According to Theravada tradition, the bhikkh...
