Talk:Thammayut Nikaya

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The equation of the Thammayut order and the Thai Forest Tradition is incorrect. While many 20th Century monks of the forest school were ordained (or re-ordained) in the Thammayut order, the two are not synonymous- there are many Thammayut monks who were not disciples of the forest monks (such as Ajahn Mun), and there was certainly no requirement that forest monks be ordained in the Thammayut order. I'll remove the equation of the two from the article. Using the term 'Dhutanga' for all Thammayut monks is also incorrect- this title refers to an ascetic monk who has undertaken one or more of the ten Dhutanga practices, which, again, not all (or even most) Thammayutika did. --Clay Collier 09:20, 10 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Dhammayutika

Here thammayut is pointed as being pali, but the pali term is dhammayutika, which means 'accordingly to the dhamma' (the teaching, rather than 'accordingly to the discipline'( that would be something like vinayayutika or silayutika). Thammayutika is only a thai-sation of dhammayutika, like tudong is of duthanga. Perhaps it would be better to change it to Dhammayut or Dhammayutika James Jasso