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Nhất Chi Mai (February 20, 1934 – May 16, 1967), born Phan Thị Mai and legally named Thích nữ Diệu Huỳnh, was a Buddhist nun who killed herself in an act of self-immolation in Saigon on May 16, 1967, in protest at the Vietnam War.
The film centers around the two nuns, Sister Junia and Sister Michaela, who are confronted with a young boy named Hee-joon, who has been possessed by a powerful evil spirit. Sister Junia, driven by her faith and compassion, takes it upon herself to save the boy, while Sister Michaela, initially skeptical, is drawn into the investigation.
Abbess Mariam Soulakiotis [a] [note 5] (c. 1883 [note 3] – 23 November 1954), [2] [5] née Marina Soulakiotou, [c] [3]: 360 also known either to her followers as Mariam of Keratea, [g] [6] [7] or in contemporary media pejoratively as "Mother Rasputin", [h] [9] [3]: 357 [1] was a Greek Old Calendarist Eastern Orthodox abbess and serial killer who was found guilty of numerous counts of murder ...
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If the aspiring nun passes the scrutiny of the women of the religious community, she then can make her solemn vows. [32] Prior to making the vows, the family of the nun is expected to pay the convent dowry. [32] Nuns were also expected to renounce their inheritance and property rights. [32] Religious class distinctions:
The mythology of the ethnic Vietnamese people (the Việt,) has been transferred through oral traditions and in writing. The story of Lạc Long Quân and Âu Cơ has been cited as the common creation myth of the Vietnamese people. The story details how two progenitors, the man known as the Lạc Long Quân and the woman known as the Âu Cơ ...
Sister Chân Không ordained as a nun by Thích Nhất Hạnh in 1988 on [Vulture Peak], in India. [10] During the three-month return to Vietnam (January to early April, 2005), Thích Nhất Hạnh spoke to thousands of people throughout the country - bureaucrats, politicians, intellectuals, street vendors, taxi drivers, artists.
Full Nun's Vows (bhikṣuni, gelongma) — 364 vows; Full Monk's Vows (bhikṣu, gelong) — 253 vows; Only full monks and full nuns are seen as full members of the Buddhist monastic order. A group of four fully ordained monastics is seen as a sangha. The prātimokṣa tells also how to purify faults, how to solve conflicts, and deal with ...