Bhikkhu
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A bhikkhu is an ordained male in Buddhist monasticism. Male and female monastics are members of the Sangha.
Bhikkhus in Phutthamonthon, Thailand
One of the earliest Western Buddhist monks, Ven Nyanatiloka Mahathera from Germany
Theravadin monks at Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery in United States
Tibetan monks, all of whom ordain under the Mulasarvastivada Vinaya
Bhikkhunī
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A bhikkhunī is a fully ordained Buddhist nun. Bhikkhunīs live by the Vinaya, a set of monastic rules and ethical precepts. The total of codes of conduct prescribed for nuns amounts to either 311, 348,
Bhikkhu
…A bhikkhu (Pali: भिक्खु; Sanskrit: भिक्षु, romanized: bhikṣu) is an ordained male in Buddhist monasticism. Male and female monastics (bhikkhunī) are members of the Sangha (Buddhist community). The lives of all Buddhist monastics are governed by a set of rules called the prātimokṣa or pātimokkha…
Buddhist nuns and laywomen performing a service at a temple in Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
Sanghamitta bringing the Bodhi tree to Sri Lanka. Kelaniya Raja Maha Vihara
Dhammananda Bhikkhuni, the first modern Thai woman to receive full ordination as a Theravada bhikkhuni and Abbess of Songdhammakalyani Monastery, the only temple in Thailand where there are bhikkhunīs
A Vietnamese bhiksuni