monkhood

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Following their release from hospital, the boys are now planning to enter the Thai monkhood, as a way to pay tribute to the Thai Navy Sea, Saman Kunan, who died during the rescue operation.

From The Guardian • Jul. 18, 2018

After his parents died in Myanmar when he was a young boy, he entered the Buddhist monkhood in Thailand for nearly a decade, a common option for orphans untethered from financial support.

From New York Times • Jul. 10, 2018

After his parents died in Myanmar when he was a boy, he entered the Buddhist monkhood in Thailand for nearly a decade, a common option for orphans untethered from financial support.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 10, 2018

The monkhood, or sangha, is as popular as ever with an estimated 500,000 members—almost 1% of the population.

From Economist • Aug. 10, 2017

Prajapati was aunt and nurse of Sakyamuni, the first woman admitted to the monkhood, and the first superior of the first Buddhistic convent.

From A Record of Buddhistic kingdoms: being an account by the Chinese monk Fa-hsien of travels in India and Ceylon (A.D. 399-414) in search of the Buddhist books of discipline by Faxian, ca. 337-422