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തായ്ലൻഡിലെ ഭിക്ഷുണികൾ ഉള്ള ഏക ക്ഷേത്രമായ സോങ്ങ്ധമ്മകല്യാണി ആശ്രമത്തിലെ മഠാധിപതിയാണ് അവർ.
Songdhammakalyani is not the only temple/monastery in Thailand with bhikkhunis. More recent academic and journalistic sources document bhikkhunis across Thailand and identify other Thai bhikkhuni monasteries as well.
Full reasoning
This sentence appears to be outdated. It says Songdhammakalyani is the only temple in Thailand with bhikkhunis, but multiple reliable sources show that Thailand now has many bhikkhunis and more than one bhikkhuni monastery.
Evidence:
- A 2022 academic article by Kakanang Yavaprabhas says: "Currently, there are at least 285 bhikkhunis and novices in Thailand in every region of the country" and gives "Songdhammakalyani Monastery" and "Nirodharam" as examples of established monasteries. If Nirodharam is also an established bhikkhuni monastery in Thailand, then Songdhammakalyani cannot be the only one.
- A Reuters report (republished by Euronews) quotes Dhammananda herself saying "There are about 270 female monks across Thailand" and that her monastery houses seven of them. That directly contradicts the idea that bhikkhunis exist only at Songdhammakalyani.
- The Alliance for Bhikkhunis directory lists multiple Thai bhikkhuni aramas/monasteries besides Songdhammakalyani, including Analaya Bhikkhuni Arama, Nirodharam Bhikkhuni Arama, Rattanamanee Bhikkhuni Arama, Suan Siridhamma Center, Thippayasathandhamma Bhikkhuni Arama, and others.
So the problem is not that Dhammananda is abbess of Songdhammakalyani — that part is fine — but the claim that it is the only Thai temple with bhikkhunis is contradicted by later evidence.
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- Bhikkhunis in Thailand: Sangha, Society, and Situations
Currently, there are at least 285 bhikkhunis and novices in Thailand in every region of the country... Examples of established monasteries are Songdhammakalyani Monastery, founded in 1960, and Nirodharam, established in 1995.
- Thailand's rebel female Buddhist monks defy tradition | Euronews
There are about 270 female monks across Thailand and they were all ordained abroad, Dhammananda said, adding that her monastery houses seven of them.
- Directory - Alliance for Bhikkhunis
The Thailand section lists multiple Thai bhikkhuni communities besides Songdhammakalyani, including Analaya Bhikkhuni Arama, Nirodharam Bhikkhuni Arama, Rattanamanee Bhikkhuni Arama, Suan Siridhamma Center, Thippayasathandhamma Bhikkhuni Arama, and others.
Songdhammakalyani Bhikkhuni Arama
This is the name of Dhammananda’s monastery, not her ordained/monastic name. Official biographies give her ordained name as Ven. Bhikkhuni Dhammanandā.
Full reasoning
The infobox labels "Songdhammakalyani Bhikkhuni Arama" as Dhammananda's monastic name, but official biographical material from her own monastery shows that this is incorrect.
- An official CV from Songdhammakalyani states: "Ordained name: Ven. Bhikkhuni Dhammanandā".
- Another official biography from the same monastery says she "was given the name Dhammananda" when she took lower ordination, and separately says "Ven Dhammananda is the abbess of the Songdhammakalyani Monastery".
So Songdhammakalyani Bhikkhuni Arama is the monastery/temple name, not Dhammananda's ordained name.
2 sources
- Ven. Bhikkhuni Dhammananda CV
Ordained name: Ven. Bhikkhuni Dhammanandā
- Bhikkhunis’ bios – Songdhammakalyani
she went to Sri Lanka and received lower ordination to become a samaneri in 2001 and was given the name Dhammananda... Ven Dhammananda is the abbess of the Songdhammakalyani Monastery