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A 5 page discussion of the role of women in Buddhism. The author notes that women have historically been subjugated by the Buddhist religion but that this subjugation is related more to historical circumstance than to the teachings of Buddha himself. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Kabilsingh (1991), for example, relates a story of the systematic repression of women at the hands of the Buddhist religion. She illuminates the strict patriarchal domination and the
discrimination which has characterized the relationship between the sexes as an offshoot of this religion and, in fact, Chinese culture in general. Using Thailand as an example, Kabilsingh (1991)
contends that where Buddhism travels it seems that this negative relationship between the sexes follow. Kabilsingh (1991) also suggests, however, that this relationship is not definitely one which was
defined by Buddha himself. There are, in fact, dozens of different schools of Buddhist philosophy throughout the world and within each
their are subtle and sometimes not-so-subtle distinctions as to the role of women. These schools, or sects, may even have different writings and languages. There is no one single
"Bible" of Buddhism, but all Buddhists share some basic beliefs. Buddha did not claim to be of divine origin nor did he claim revelation from above, as Jesus Christ did.
Buddha meditated, but he prayed to no Higher Being. Groothuis (1994) clarifies: "Buddhism is horizontal
or human-oriented, not vertical or God-oriented". In Buddhism there is no beginning and no
end, no Creation, and no Heaven. In a sermon at Benares, which Buddhists hold in the same reverence as Christians do the Sermon on the Mount, Buddha set forth his
beliefs. Kabilsingh (1991) notes, however, that a great deal of time and distance elapsed between Buddhas actual words and their recording into a written format by Buddhist monks (Kabilsingh,
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