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Buddhist Nuns
It's quite interesting that while in the Theravadin Buddhist traditions of SE Asia (Sri Lanka, Thailand, Burma, Cambodia, Laos, etc.) you might be hard-pressed to find a female monk (aka. nun). Yet in the Mahayana traditions found in Taiwan, the vast majority of monastics are all female. You will also find many Buddhist nuns in Tibetan Buddhism, Korean Buddhism, Vietnamese Buddhism, and even Japanese Buddhism (mainly in Japanese traditions practised in the West).
It's quite interesting that while in the Theravadin Buddhist traditions of SE Asia (Sri Lanka, Thailand, Burma, Cambodia, Laos, etc.) you might be hard-pressed to find a female monk (aka. nun). Yet in the Mahayana traditions found in Taiwan, the vast majority of monastics are all female. You will also find many Buddhist nuns in Tibetan Buddhism, Korean Buddhism, Vietnamese Buddhism, and even Japanese Buddhism (mainly in Japanese traditions practised in the West).