The Mahayanic view of women was established by the Early Mahayanists who advocated the teaching of sunyavada around the mid-second century A.D. in north India. In Buddhism, the issue of women can be t...
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- In Christian countries the issue of the ordination of women has become a highly controversial topic, and some Churches are facing the prospect of dissension, and even schism, on this question. It is therefore opportune to consider the place accorded to women in Buddhism.