Theravada
Major southernmost branch of Buddhism
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| 2015 | First Theravāda ordination of bhikkhunis in Indonesia after more than a thousand years, occurring at Wisma Kusalayani in Lembang, Bandung, West Java. |
| June 21 2015 | First bhikkhuni ordination in Germany, with the ordination of German woman Samaneri Dhira at Anenja Vihara. |
| 2012 | Formation of the Malaysian Theravāda Buddhist Council, indicating the revival of Theravāda in Malaysia. |
| 2010 | Four novice nuns were given full bhikkhuni ordination in the Thai Theravāda tradition in the US, the first such ordination in the Western hemisphere. |
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