[Buddha-l] Meanwhile Down Under

[Jampa Tsedroen]

L.S. Cousins schrieb:
> 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
As far as I know, this secular law (from 1926?) is not valid in 
Australia. Furthermore I heard from a scholar on Thai studies that this 
law is no longer valid.

Please note this forthcoming publication:
http://gobeyondwords.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/history-in-the-making/

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