Maechee Dr. Bunrueng Bunpanya

Thailand

Maechee Dr. Bunrueng Bunpanya

Thailand

Maechee Bunrueng Bunpanya was born in Buriram, Thailand in 1956. At the age of 20, she became a Maechee, an 8-precept nun. In 1994, she donated 15 rai of land to the Thai Maechee Institute so that, together, they could build a temple for women in Buriram.

She is a scholar of Pali and Abhidhamma and has enjoyed conducting research with the Bodhisattva University on field excursions to Laos and Cambodia.

She has also participated in international ceremonial readings of the entire Buddhist Cannon over a period of days continuously in India, more than 20 times, and also in Sri Lanka and Myanmar.

Maechee Bunrueng specializes in organizational development and personal management as Coordinator of Maechees in the northeastern region of Thailand, Head Nun of Mahathat Temple in Bangkok, and President of the Thai Maechee Institute.