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Dhammananda Bhikkhuni

Dhammananda
ธัมมนันทา
Dhammananda Bhikkhuni 2020
Personal
Born
Chatsumarn Kabilsingh

(1944-10-06) 6 October 1944 (age 80)
ReligionBuddhism
NationalityThai
Monastic nameSongdhammakalyani Bhikkhuni Arama
Senior posting
Present postAbbess
Websitehttp://www.thaibhikkhunis.org/eng2014/index.html

Dhammananda Bhikkhuni (Thai: ธัมมนันทา), born Chatsumarn Kabilsingh (Thai: ฉัตรสุมาลย์ กบิลสิงห์) or Chatsumarn Kabilsingh Shatsena (Thai: ฉัตรสุมาลย์ กบิลสิงห์ ษัฏเสน; 6 October 1944), is a Thai bhikkhuni ("Buddhist nun"). On 28 February 2003,[1] Kabilsingh received full monastic ordination as a bhikkhuni of the Theravada tradition in Sri Lanka.[2][3][4] She is Abbess of Songdhammakalyani Monastery, the only temple in Thailand where there are bhikkhunis.[5]

  1. ^ Kristin Barendsen. "Ordained at Last". Archived from the original on 6 February 2004. Retrieved 17 May 2008.
  2. ^ archive.org: "Ordained at Last by Kristin Barendson". Archived from the original on 6 February 2004. Retrieved 19 November 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ^ สุวิดา แสงสีหนาท, นักบวชสตรีไทยในพระพุทธศาสนา พลังขับเคลื่อนคุณธรรมสู่สังคม, ศูนย์ส่งเสริมและพัฒนาพลังแผ่นดินเชิงคุณธรรม, 1999, page 45-6 (in Thai)
  4. ^ Gemma Tulud Cruz (14 May 2003). "Bhikkhunis: Ordaining Buddhist Women". National Catholic Reporter. Retrieved 25 September 2014. She had to be ordained in Colombo, Sri Lanka...
  5. ^ David N. Snyder, Ph.D. "Who's Who in Buddhism". Archived from the original on 11 January 2009. Retrieved 17 May 2008.

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