This is a special monastery where the young Burmese nuns live and worship. Their simple lives consist of learning, meditation and work.
Each girl has complete say on how long she would like to stay. Some do for years, while others just a few weeks. A Burmese girl may also choose a religious life as a nun. A community of women varying in age from young to old live and work together in a nunnery.
Nuns prepare their own food, unlike monks. Monks only eat food other people have prepared for them. As is the case for men, nuns may choose to stay in the religious life temporarily or permanently. The nuns chanted for us when we visited them at this nunnery in Mandalay.
The youngest nun at this nunnery is eight years old. The oldest nun at this site is 94 and she is the head nun, but we didn’t see her. When she passes on, this nun will take her place as head nun. She has a peaceful, dignified demeanor but also knows how to laugh. It is a friendly and peaceful place.
Entering the gate of Zeyar Theingi Nunnery School. |
Nunnery School courtyard. |
Two young nuns study in the courtyard. |
Nuns' daily schedule. |
Younger nun and older nun. |
Convent kitchen. |
The nuns singing to us. |
Leaving Zeyar Theingi Nunnery School. |
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