--- In [email protected], Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- hugheshugo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Buddha said that women were incapable of > > enlightenment and that > > women in monasteries would always be subservient to > > men. > > > > Culturally ingrained sexism? or maybe they know > > something we don't? > > Did Buddha really say that? Please find the source of > that piece of information. I'd say it was purely > sexist because there have been and are enlightened > women. > > >
Yes I'm certain I read that in the Buddhist handbook when I was getting interested in this stuff, I remember telling a particularly feminist girlfriend about it at the time and she was less than impressed. I can't find the book just now but will have a look in the attic later. > > > > > > > > > > To subscribe, send a message to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Or go to: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > > and click 'Join This Group!' > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
