Editing Nun (section)

=== Thailand ===
In [[Thailand]], a country which never had a tradition of fully ordained nuns (''bhikkhuni''), there developed a separate order of non-ordained female renunciates called ''[[Maechi|mae chi]]''. However, some of them have played an important role in dhamma-practitioners' community. There are in [[Thai Forest Tradition]] foremost nuns such as Mae Ji Kaew Sianglam, the founder of the Nunnery of Baan Huai Saai, who is believed by some to be [[Enlightenment in Buddhism|enlightened]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.forestdhammabooks.com/book/10/MCK/preface%20n%20intro.pdf|title=Mae Chee Kaew – Her Journey to Spiritual Awakening & Enlightenment e-book}}{{Dead link|date=June 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> as well as [[Kee Nanayon|Upasika Kee Nanayon]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.enabling.org/ia/vipassana/Archive/N/Nanayon/keeNanayonThanisarro.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004073724/http://www.enabling.org/ia/vipassana/Archive/N/Nanayon/keeNanayonThanisarro.html|url-status=dead|title=Upasika Kee Nanayon and the Social Dynamic of Theravadin Buddhist Practice|archivedate=October 4, 2011}}</ref> At the beginning of the 21st century, some Buddhist women in Thailand have started to introduce the ''bhikkhuni sangha'' in their country as well, even if public acceptance is still lacking.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=70,1295,0,0,1,0|title=Issues &#124; Authoritarianism of the holy kind|website=www.buddhistchannel.tv|access-date=2022-12-14|archive-date=2022-12-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221214130414/https://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=70,1295,0,0,1,0|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Dhammananda Bhikkhuni]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dhammaweb.net/dhammananda.html |title=Bhikkhuni Dhammananda<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2007-06-22 |archive-date=2007-09-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928163044/http://www.dhammaweb.net/dhammananda.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> formerly the successful academic scholar Dr. Chatsumarn Kabilsingh, established a controversial monastery for the training of Buddhist nuns in Thailand.<ref>[http://www.thaibhikkhunis.org/eng/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogsection&id=1&Itemid=3 Thai Bhikkhunis – Songdhammakalyani Monastery<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081226082911/http://www.thaibhikkhunis.org/eng/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogsection&id=1&Itemid=3 |date=December 26, 2008 }}</ref>