Bhikkhunis petition NHRC for their recognition

 

 

BANGKOK: -- A former member of the National Reform Assembly Mr Paiboon Nititawan on Monday asked the National Human Rights Commission to propose the government to amend the monastic act to allow women to be ordained as female Buddhist monks.

 

The plea was contained in a petition submitted by Mr Paiboon on behalf of a group of eight bhikkhunis. He said he had to act on their behalf because they could not submit the petition by themselves as that will go against the monastic regulation.

 

Mr Paiboon said he found the bhikkunis in Thailand were not properly treated, citing a recent incident when they were not allowed to pay respect to the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej in the Grand Palace and the fact that they were not allowed to be ordained.

 

Citing Buddhism history, the former chair of a panel to protect Buddhism said he didn’t think the ordination of female monks constituted a violation of monastic regulation or against the law.

 

Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/bhikkhunis-petition-nhrc-recognition/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2017-02-07

Happy looking bunch  . . . 

sounds like the Sangha needs to form a committee of their finest misogynists to consider this matter in great depth