Women as Equals

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I asked the World-Honored One whether women could awaken as men do. He said: yes. I asked again, in case he had not heard me. He said: yes again. The dharma did not need a third asking — but the world did.

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Attribution

• Attributed To
  Ananda

Lineage: Indian Patriarchs

By Ananda

• Thus Have I Heardsaying
• Thus Have I Heardproverb
• Knock Down the Poleproverb
• Twenty-Five Years as Attendantproverb
• Late Arahantshipproverb

Sources

• contentBuddhist Suttas (Sacred Books of the East, Vol. XI)

  T. W. Rhys Davids (trans.)