Editing Ordination (section)

===Fully ordained nuns===
The legitimacy of fully ordained nuns (''bhikkhuni/bhiksuni'') has become a significant topic of discussion in recent years. Texts passed down in every Buddhist tradition record that Gautama Buddha created an order of fully ordained nuns, but the tradition has died out in some Buddhist traditions such as Theravada Buddhism, while remaining strong in others such as [[Chinese Buddhism]] ([[Dharmaguptaka]] lineage). In the [[Tibetan Buddhism|Tibetan lineage]], which follows the Mulasarvastivadin lineage, the lineage of fully ordained nuns was not brought to [[Tibet]] by the Indian [[Vinaya]] masters, hence there is no rite for the ordination of full nuns. However [[Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama|the 14th Dalai Lama]] has endeavored for many years to improve this situation.<ref name="possibility">{{cite web|url=http://www.congress-on-buddhist-women.org/index.php?id=30|title=Press|website=www.congress-on-buddhist-women.org|access-date=9 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115233532/http://www.congress-on-buddhist-women.org/index.php?id=30|archive-date=15 November 2017}}</ref> In 2005, he asked fully ordained nuns in the Dharmaguptaka lineage, especially [[Jampa Tsedroen]], to form a committee to work for the acceptance of the ''bhiksuni'' lineage within the Tibetan tradition,<ref name="possibility"/> and donated €50,000 for further research. The "1st International Congress on Buddhist Women's Role in the Sangha: Bhikshuni Vinaya and Ordination Lineages" was held at the University of Hamburg from 18 to 20 July 2007, in cooperation with the university's Asia-Africa Institute. Although the general tenor was that full ordination was overdue, the Dalai Lama presented a pre-drafted statement<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.congress-on-buddhist-women.org/index.php?id=142|title=Statement of H.H.-the Dalai Lama|website=www.congress-on-buddhist-women.org|access-date=9 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171002220637/http://www.congress-on-buddhist-women.org/index.php?id=142|archive-date=2 October 2017}}</ref> saying that more time was required to reach a decision, thus nullifying the intentions of the congress.