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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sudunone" data-source="post: 6937282" data-attributes="member: 205934">I think one reason is they are small in number compared to monks. Another reason is that their main concern when they ordain is to walk the right path- unlike some monks- and they are less disturbed by distractions such as fame.On the other hand, our people tend to respect a fully ordained bhikkhu (upasampada) because the merit is more when you give something to the more virtuous. (We assume that all monks strictly follow all the rules.) Although bhikkhunis observe the same samanera sil, they were called dasa sil matha until recently, which placed them a step below the bhikkhuni level. We also assume that any bhikkhu who is older than 20 years has full ordination though some of them are still samaneras.People who know bhikkhunis closely like to donate to them and listen to their sermons. I once saw the Mahamewna bhikkhunis who came for a Vesak program- people actually respect them more. But they don't like to mix with lay people, unlike most bhikkhus. I think they know their priorities better.<img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/wink.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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