[Buddha-l] Meanwhile Down Under

[L.S. Cousins]

We should note that Wat Pah Pong would have had little choice about 
this. It is illegal in Thai law to ordain bhikkhunis and the monastery 
would otherwise certainly have been shut down. Note also that this is a 
matter of secular law, not of the Sangha.

Lance Cousins


Weng-Fai Wong wrote:
> http://www.santifm.org/
>
> On Sunday 1 November at Wat Pah Pong (the head monastery of the Ajahn 
> Chah tradition) Ajahn Brahm and his monastery Bodhinyana were formally 
> expelled from Wat Pah Pong for performing bhikkhuni ordination.
>
> W.F. Wong
>