A thilashin (Burmese: သီလရှင်, pronounced [θìla̰ʃɪ̀ɰ̃],(Mon: သဳလ,[sɔəla] listen), "possessor of morality", from Pali sīla) is a female renunciant in Burmese...

small monastic orders. 923 thilashin were registered in Naypyidaw Union Territory, comprising 1.5% of Myanmar's total thilashin community. Census Report...

other small monastic orders. 1,103 thilashin were registered in Kachin State, comprising 1.8% of Myanmar's total thilashin community. Burmese and Jingpho...

small monastic orders. 9,915 thilashin were registered in Sagaing Region, comprising 16.4% of Myanmar's total thilashin community. There are a number...

other small monastic orders. 534 thilashin were registered in Rakhine State, comprising 0.9% of Myanmar's total thilashin community. The Rakhine are traditionally...

other small monastic orders. 1,000 thilashin were registered in Kayin State, comprising 1.7% of Myanmar's total thilashin community. Tourism is one of the...

small monastic orders. 978 thilashin were registered in Tanintharyi Region, comprising 1.6% of Myanmar's total thilashin community. The region is home...

other small monastic orders. 5,100 thilashin were registered in Bago Region, comprising 8.4% of Myanmar's total thilashin community. The division's economy...

to renounce live as anagārikās under names such as maechi in Thailand, thilashin in Myanmar, and dasa sil mata in Sri Lanka. Women who are nonetheless...

Bhante Dasa sil mata Luang Por Maechi or Mae chee Phra Sayadaw Sikkhamānā Thilashin In Mahayana: Rōshi Zen master In Vajrayana: Ayya Geshe Guru Karmapa Lama...

(m., f.) Laity Anagārika, Anagārikā lay renunciants (m., f.) Maechi, thilashin dasa sil mata, modern female lay renunciants (f.) Upāsaka and Upāsikā...

small monastic orders. 16,960 thilashin were registered in Yangon Region, comprising 28.1% of Myanmar's total thilashin community, the largest in Myanmar...

other small monastic orders. 3,550 thilashin were registered in Mon State, comprising 5.9% of Myanmar’s total thilashin community. Bordering Bago Division...

other small monastic orders. 2,473 thilashin were registered in Magway Region, comprising 4.1% of Myanmar’s total thilashin community. The Irrawaddy River...

small monastic orders. 5,520 thilashin were registered in Ayeyawady Region, comprising 9.1% of Myanmar's total thilashin community. Ayeyarwady Region...

of the getsulma (Sanskrit sāmaṇerī), like the maechi of Thailand and thilashin of Myanmar. The tradition of the ordained monastic community (sangha)...

banished from the palace court by Mindon and spent her final years as a thilashin, a kind of female Burmese Buddhist renunciant. During the early years...

(m., f.) Laity Anagārika, Anagārikā lay renunciants (m., f.) Maechi, thilashin dasa sil mata, modern female lay renunciants (f.) Upāsaka and Upāsikā...

other small monastic orders. 303 thilashin were registered in Kayah State, comprising 0.5% of Myanmar’s total thilashin community. The Kayans' traditional...

other small monastic orders. 3,814 thilashin were registered in Shan State, comprising 6.3% of Myanmar's total thilashin community. Silver, lead, and zinc...

(m., f.) Laity Anagārika, Anagārikā lay renunciants (m., f.) Maechi, thilashin dasa sil mata, modern female lay renunciants (f.) Upāsaka and Upāsikā...

even the Sangha in general. In Myanmar, these women are called thilashin. A thilashin (Burmese: သီလရှင်, pronounced [θìla̰ʃɪ̀ɰ̃], "possessor of morality"...

small monastic orders. 8,174 thilashin were registered in Mandalay Region, comprising 13.5% of Myanmar’s total thilashin community. Agriculture is the...

women appears as maechi in Thai Buddhism, dasa sil mata in Sri Lanka, thilashin in Burma and siladharas at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery in England. More...

qualified apprenticeship for the female monastic aspirants. Like the thilashin of neighbouring Myanmar and the dasa sil mata of Sri Lanka, maechi occupy...

occupied by novice monks (samanera), lay attendants (kappiya), nuns (thilashin), and white-robed acolytes (ဖိုးသူတော် phothudaw). The kyaung has traditionally...

Sāvakabuddha Sayadaw Sensei Sikkhamānā Singhai Sotāpanna Śrāvaka Sunim Temple boy Tenzo Thero Thilashin Unsui Upajjhaya Upāsaka and Upāsikā Vajracharya...

Buddhist ethics Four Noble Truths Noble Eightfold Path Poya (Sri Lanka) Thilashin (Myanmar) Uposatha Five Precepts (Taoism) Watson 1988, p. 13. "Religions...

in the monastery they support. Some female renunciants called kappiya thilashin also serve as lay attendants to monastic institutions (kyaung), providing...

they are called maechi. In Burma, an eight precept nun is addressed as thilashin or sayalay, whereas a fully ordained woman is called a rahan-ma ("female...