How ever, unavoidably, it also put the bhiksuni in a subsidiary position vis-a-vis the bhiksu. In countries which still follow the "Eight Chief Laws" the numbers of nuns have declined and they have even disappeared completely in some.
然而不可免的卻讓比丘尼僧團淪為比丘僧團的附屬地位，今天仍遵行八敬法的國家，比丘尼僧團皆已衰微，甚或消失。