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In Search of Legitimacy: The Case of Buddhist Nuns in Burma

2005
Although there once was an official lineage of "female monks" [bhikkhunis] in Burmese Buddhism, nearly equal to male monks in status, the last Burmese bhikkhunis died out over 700 years ago. In the lineage's absence, women in Burma today who wish to renounce lay-life now become thila-shin.
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Being a Buddhist Nun: The Struggle for Enlightenment in the Himalayas

The Women's Review of Books, 2004
Bethany Towne, Kim Gutschow
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