Friday, March 4, 2011

NDTV the word is Bhikkhuni Not Nun

Its high times NDTV learns some cultural and religious Etiquette.

NDTV in its article Nepal's singing sensation nun to debut in India calls a Buddhist Female monk Nun.

Ani Choying Dolma, a 40-year-old Buddhist nun of Tibetan ancestry, who took "asylum" in a monastery in Kathmandu valley at the age of 10 to escape the rages of an abusive father, is now one of the best-known singers in the country with followers in China, Hong Kong, Singapore, the US and Germany.

Female Budhist monk is called Bhikuni not Nun.

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