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 1 1|     Theravadin Bhikkhuni Sangha, the nuns' order founded by the Buddha,
 2 1|      Theravadin countries are as lay nuns, observing eight or ten
 3 1|             organization for the lay nuns, their status and opportunities
 4 1|              for practice offered in nuns' communities affiliated
 5 2|            monasteries offer for lay nuns to practice -- in terms
 6 2|         place. One major drawback to nuns' communities affiliated
 7 2|              monasteries is that the nuns are relegated to a status
 8 2|         superiority, but fortunately nuns do not take vows of obedience
 9 2|              the better monasteries, nuns who have advanced far in
10 2|           are a rarity, and many lay nuns find themselves relegated
11 2| organizational structure for all lay nuns throughout the country,
12 2|           relatively small number of nuns, while its organizational
13 2|            is run by highly educated nuns, most of the nuns I know
14 2|           educated nuns, most of the nuns I know personally have avoided
15 2|    references to practicing monks or nuns. The only teachers recorded
16 2|             taken the silence on the nuns as an indication that there
17 2|         stupa at Sañci in India list nuns among the prominent donors
18 2|            been possible only if the nuns had large personal followings.