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The first nuns had relatively comparable status to the monks in early Buddhism, that is they were allowed to travel, live alone in the forests, beg for alms in the cities; they preached (even to kings), debated other heretics, and discussed the teachings with each other; many attained enlightenment; ordained each other; they composed poems we still have to this day.
The Buddhist canon has the Buddha setting up the nun's sangha with heavier restrictions at the outset but there is some evidence that this is a later addition. The tales in which restrictions were added as time went on seem more likely, as this was the Buddha's style -- to resolve a problem once it arises, rather than to pre-emptively put rules in place to prevent possibilities from arising -- so for example, women were eventually required to live in community and not go alone into the forest after incidents of rape occurred when they were alone.
In the lay community, there was no difference between the roles of men and women as far as the Buddha was concerned, except that his monks weren't put in positions where they'd be tempted by lay women. There were several wealthy and powerful women who were followers of the Buddha's, as well as many ordinary women who sought his advice, which he gave.
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∙ 12y agoMen and women are completely equal in Buddhist thought. Most places where Buddhism took hold have cultures in which men have more power than women, and so it is more common for men to be in positions of power within the Buddhist hierarchy, but men are not any more likely to become enlightened than women.
As Buddhism feels that reincarnation (being reborn after death) is an active factor in the road to enlightenment, the odds are that a person will be reborn almost as frequently to one sex as the other. On this basis having one sex as "superior" to the other is foolish as the perpetrators of the prejudice will be subject to it in a future life.
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∙ 10y agoThe role of women in Buddhism is the same as that of men as, in reincarnation, a person has an opportunity of rebirth as either sex.
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∙ 12y agothey use to help Johann do susu
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