Theravada Sanghas like Thailand’s refuses to recognize ordinations in the Dharmaguptaka tradition as valid Theravada ordinations and consider impossible to validly re-establish bhikkhuni ordination in lineages where it has ended.

However, the German monk Bhikkhu Anālayo, who was a presenter at the International Congress on Buddhist Women’s Role in the Sangha, has argued in a number of papers that it is possible for bhikkhus alone to ordain bhikkhunis if necessary.

Nevertheless, there are other forms for laywomen that still involve “leaving the home life” and keeping Eight or Ten Precepts as a dasasiila mata nun.

Finding a suitable place is quite difficult but several groups are trying to develop places conducive to Dharma practice for such nuns.

For example, Amaravati Buddhist Monastery in England.

Learn more about the Theravadin Buddhist Monk’s Rules here:

The Bhikkhus’ Rules – Guide for Laypeople