ISSN 1076-9005
Volume 25, 2018

The Case for Reviving the Bhikkhunī Order by Single Ordination

Bhikkhu Anālayo
Numata Center for Buddhist Studies, University of Hamburg

In this article I examine the legal validity of reviving the Theravāda Order of bhikkhunīs by an act of single ordination, granted by bhikkhus on their own. My presentation responds to criticism voiced by Bhikkhu Ṭhānissaro of this possibility of restoring the missing one out of the four assemblies in the Theravāda tradition.Read article