A thilashin (Burmese: သီလရှင်, pronounced [θìla̰ʃɪ̀ɰ̃],(Mon: သဳလ,[sɔəla] listen), "possessor of morality", from Pali sīla) is a female renunciant in Burmese...
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small monastic orders. 923 thilashin were registered in Naypyidaw Union Territory, comprising 1.5% of Myanmar's total thilashin community. Census Report...
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other small monastic orders. 1,103 thilashin were registered in Kachin State, comprising 1.8% of Myanmar's total thilashin community. Burmese and Jingpho...
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small monastic orders. 9,915 thilashin were registered in Sagaing Region, comprising 16.4% of Myanmar's total thilashin community. There are a number...
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other small monastic orders. 534 thilashin were registered in Rakhine State, comprising 0.9% of Myanmar's total thilashin community. The Rakhine are traditionally...
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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...
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small monastic orders. 978 thilashin were registered in Tanintharyi Region, comprising 1.6% of Myanmar's total thilashin community. The region is home...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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(m., f.) Laity Anagārika, Anagārikā lay renunciants (m., f.) Maechi, thilashin dasa sil mata, modern female lay renunciants (f.) Upāsaka and Upāsikā...
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small monastic orders. 16,960 thilashin were registered in Yangon Region, comprising 28.1% of Myanmar's total thilashin community, the largest in Myanmar...
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other small monastic orders. 3,550 thilashin were registered in Mon State, comprising 5.9% of Myanmar’s total thilashin community. Bordering Bago Division...
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other small monastic orders. 2,473 thilashin were registered in Magway Region, comprising 4.1% of Myanmar’s total thilashin community. The Irrawaddy River...
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small monastic orders. 5,520 thilashin were registered in Ayeyawady Region, comprising 9.1% of Myanmar's total thilashin community. Ayeyarwady Region...
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of the getsulma (Sanskrit sāmaṇerī), like the maechi of Thailand and thilashin of Myanmar. The tradition of the ordained monastic community (sangha)...
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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...
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(m., f.) Laity Anagārika, Anagārikā lay renunciants (m., f.) Maechi, thilashin dasa sil mata, modern female lay renunciants (f.) Upāsaka and Upāsikā...
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other small monastic orders. 303 thilashin were registered in Kayah State, comprising 0.5% of Myanmar’s total thilashin community. The Kayans' traditional...
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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...
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(m., f.) Laity Anagārika, Anagārikā lay renunciants (m., f.) Maechi, thilashin dasa sil mata, modern female lay renunciants (f.) Upāsaka and Upāsikā...
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even the Sangha in general. In Myanmar, these women are called thilashin. A thilashin (Burmese: သီလရှင်, pronounced [θìla̰ʃɪ̀ɰ̃], "possessor of morality"...
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small monastic orders. 8,174 thilashin were registered in Mandalay Region, comprising 13.5% of Myanmar’s total thilashin community. Agriculture is the...
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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...
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qualified apprenticeship for the female monastic aspirants. Like the thilashin of neighbouring Myanmar and the dasa sil mata of Sri Lanka, maechi occupy...
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occupied by novice monks (samanera), lay attendants (kappiya), nuns (thilashin), and white-robed acolytes (ဖိုးသူတော် phothudaw). The kyaung has traditionally...
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Sāvakabuddha Sayadaw Sensei Sikkhamānā Singhai Sotāpanna Śrāvaka Sunim Temple boy Tenzo Thero Thilashin Unsui Upajjhaya Upāsaka and Upāsikā Vajracharya...
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Buddhist ethics Four Noble Truths Noble Eightfold Path Poya (Sri Lanka) Thilashin (Myanmar) Uposatha Five Precepts (Taoism) Watson 1988, p. 13. "Religions...
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in the monastery they support. Some female renunciants called kappiya thilashin also serve as lay attendants to monastic institutions (kyaung), providing...
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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...
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