Are there girl monks

One option for devout Thai women is to become white-clad Buddhist nuns, who follow a less-strict religious regimen than monks and are often relegated to housekeeping tasks in temples. There are about female monks across Thailand and they were all ordained abroad, Dhammananda said, adding that her monastery houses seven of them. In contrast, Thailand has more than , male monks.

The government says this is not gender discrimination but a matter of long-held tradition, and women are free to travel abroad to be ordained, just not in their own country. They just can't be ordained by Thai monks, that's all," said Narong Songarom, spokesman of the National Office of Buddhism.

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That is a very hard part. Particularly for my oldest son. He really misses that. But he still misses the hugs. As long as there is a third person around, and as long as we are not sharing the same seat, [men and female monks] can be close. But I must have a sister [fellow female monk] here as a witness. The youngest is a boy and, yes, I have held him. A child!

Oh yes! Because people will roll into a great laughter. No, that rule is about tickling monks. Not about tickling laypeople.

There are two groups. Others are more suspicious. But for those who are interested, we educate them. I was invited to Rayong a Thai coastal province for a seminar. And I went out with the male monks. People in the marketplace, when they realized the last one walking in the back was actually female, they were so interested!

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