by BHIKKHU BODHI ISBN 978-983-3512-55-3 IJ160/08 Size: 5.5” X 8.25” Pages: 80

"Senior monks in Thailand have often told me that they would like to re-establish the bhikkhunī lineage in Thailand, only there is an insurmountable technical barrier. Namely, that the rules of Vinaya that bind all bhikkhunīs are such that the female ordination cannot be revived. This booklet aims to question whether this is true or not."
~ Preface by Ven. Ajahn Brahm
(Perth, Australia)


"Something is missing from Theravāda Buddhism.... This essay by Bhikkhu Bodhi addresses this problem head-on. He presents, with characteristic temperance and nobility of purpose, a case for the revival of bhikkhunī ordination, based on both the ?