Dhammananda Bhikkhuni
Dhammananda Bhikkhuni , was born Chatsumarn Kabilsingh or Chatsumarn Kabilsingh Shatsena is a Thai bhikkhuni . OnFebruary 2003, Kabilsingh received full monastic ordination as a bhikkhuni of the Theravada tradition in Sri Lanka, making her the first modern Thai woman to receive full ordination as a Theravada bhikkhuni. She is Abbess of Songdhammakalyani Monastery, the only temple in Thailand where there are bhikkhunis.
Chatsumarn Kabilsingh was born in 1944 to Voramai Kabilsingh and Kokiat Shatsena. Her mother, Voramai, also called Ta Tao Fa Tzu , was ordained as bhikkhuni in a Dharmaguptaka lineage in Taiwan in 1971 the first modern Thai bhikkhuni. Songdhammakalyani means temple where women uphold the Dharma and it is located in Nakhon Pathom near Bangkok.
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