Miss Kanjana Suthikul, a member of “Thai Bhikkhunis”, was ordinated as a female monk, by the Venerable Dhammananda Bhikkhuni, the abbess of Songdhammakalayani Monastery, in Nakhon Pratom Province of Thailand.
According to her press release, for Buddhists, the highest merit a person can make is to be ordained and offer the merit to the deceased.
Miss Kanjana says the Thai nation has a long binding relationship with Switzerland and this temple is one of few places in Thailand that is able to ordinate women from around the world, who are seeking enlightenment to become a monk, including the Swiss. The temple has received endless support from Swiss believers.
After Swiss tourist, Mrs. Nicole Sauvain-Weisskopf, was murdered in Phuket province, Miss Kanjana said she wanted to express her sympathy and share the sorrow of the loss, by being ordinated.
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