THE BUDDHA’S FORGOTTEN NUNS
34 mins (2013) – Australia Network
Wiriya was raised a Buddhist, but like many women who wish to advance in their practice, she came up against walls of sexism within the traditional Theravada order. Is Buddhism a religious movement based on equality? Or is it rooted in a male dominated culture found in most other world religions? The Buddha himself invited women to join his group of disciples as female monks, or Bhikkhunis, and allowed them to be ordained alongside men some 2500 years ago. So what changed?
Director Wiriya Sati
Producer Katrina Lucas
Cinematographers Mark Andersson & Wiriya Sati
Editor Mark Andersson
Festivals
- 2014 THIS Buddhist Film Festival, Singapore
- 2014 The Inner Path Buddhist Festival, India
