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For the actual infractions to occur fourteen of these infractions require a gelongma (bhikshuni) as a factor.
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For the actual infractions to occur fourteen of these infractions require a gelongma (bhikshuni) as a factor.
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The gelong/gelongma (bhikshu/bhikshuni -- the fully ordained monk/nun) level are recorded in the Mulasarvastivadin school's Individual Liberation Sutras.
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The gelong/gelongma (bhikshu/bhikshuni -- the fully ordained monk/nun) level are recorded in the Mulasarvastivadin school's Individual Liberation Sutras.
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Forfeiting downfalls, first set of ten: e.g. retaining cloth for 10 days; being separate from one's dharma robes; receiving cloth from gelongma (bhikshuni), etc.
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Forfeiting downfalls, first set of ten: e.g. retaining cloth for 10 days; being separate from one's dharma robes; receiving cloth from gelongma (bhikshuni), etc.
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All the Indians in his party, however, were men and, since bhikshuni ordination requires a dual sangha, he was unable to introduce the bhikshuni line.
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Moreover, in asserting that the bhikshu sangha can confer brahmacharya ordination and even leave their summer retreat to do so, the texts do not state that the bhikshu sangha alone can confer full bhikshuni ordination.
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Buddha, was followed in the case of reviving the Korean Dharmagupta bhikshuni lineage after World
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In the case of the Dharmagupta bhikshuni lineage coming to China, a Chinese Dharmagupta bhikshu sangha and a Sri Lankan Theravada bhikshuni sangha conferred the ordination.
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