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or a precept nun. They usually follow Eight Precepts, including celibacy, wearing white robes and shaving their head. Although more accepted today in Thailand as a role for Buddhist women than ...

Thai Buddhists often enter a monastery for a short period of time, temporarily being ordained as a monk or nun ... like to wear the robes, receive offerings and study the Buddhist texts.