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Many fully ordained Buddhist monastic women in Bay Area
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MY GREAT appreciation for all of the efforts that have gone into
preparing your beautiful Sunday (May 7) feature article: "A Monk's
Woman.
However, we are not the only fully ordained Buddhist monastic
women in town, nor the only Buddhist women's monastery.
There are many different traditions and Monastic Orders in
Buddhism, a good number of which are represented here in our greater
Bay Area. It is true that the lineage and tradition of full
ordination for women (or the Bhikkhun...
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