Secret Tribes : Bhikkhunis (in Thailand)

LXNDR · December 31, 2015, 9:32am

Gabriel_L · January 28, 2017, 2:05pm

Bhante, it is hard for women to get requisites
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The nuns complained and criticised Venerable Udāyī: “How could Venerable Udāyī receive a robe from a nun? It is hard for women to get requisites.”

Mayaṃ kho, bhante, mātugāmā nāma kicchalābhā.
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Bhikkhuniyo ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti—“kathañhi nāma ayyo udāyī bhikkhuniyā cīvaraṃ paṭiggahessati kicchalābho mātugāmo”
_Source: https://suttacentral.net/en/pi-tv-bu-vb-np5_

I have just read the above and thought of the struggle this video somehow depicts. It seems that since the early days bhikkhunis have struggled to get support - be it moral or material.