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According to the Pali Canon of Theravada Buddhism, when the Buddha first established the monastic order, women had no place in it. The verses of the Therigatha tell us that these remarkable ascetic women, on hearing the Buddha’s teachings, were so transformed that they sought a monastic existence. In other words, life-stories and memoirs of women living in ancient times—women …
