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 1 2|        had to be acceptable to lay society, because the monastics
 2 2|    completely supported by the lay people. Therefore, various
 3 2|       early years of Buddhism. Lay women were also important
 4 2|   financial support of wealthy lay women. Wealthy women gave
 5 2|     and bhikkhunis was done by lay women, as they were the
 6 2|  required interaction with the lay women. As the bhikkhus were
 7 2|      constant interaction with lay women could cause quite
 8 2|     cause quite a problem. The lay women provided a temptation
 9 3|        content themselves with lay life. The primary religious
10 3| support of the bhikkhus. While lay women's support has certainly
11 3|       permitted by traditional lay life. By the end of the
12 3|    Lanka who had renounced the lay life and vowed to keep the
13 3|      gain merit by donating to lay people. Therefore, the laity
14 3|        Lanka are the life of a lay woman, supporting the bhikkhus,
15 3|        less foreign to typical lay Americans. From the perspective
16 3|     American language, between lay and monastic life, and between