For those seemingly “lucky” girls who receive some kind of support
from a monk or the male Buddhist religious organization, they
often meet with sexual abuse from the male in authority. The urgent
question now is how these girls from the countryside can receive an
education and training safely and securely without being the victims
of sexual abuse or sexploitation. In a way, the revival of the Bhikkhuni
institution would be a solution. The Bhikkhuni Sangha could provide
the chance for those less fortunate girls to be ordained and educated in
temples of bhikkhuni, which has proven quite successful in Sri Lanka
for girls, and parallels the way boys have been educated and trained in
the temples of bhikkhu.