History (or Her-story) of Women in Buddhism

with Ayya TathaalokaFollow this link to the video ...https://youtu.be/d30lcFAx-tg ---'Buddha! Hero! Praise be to you!You foremost among all beings!You who have released me from pain,And so many other beings too.All suffering has been understood.The source of craving has withered.Cessation has been touched by meOn the noble eight-fold path.I've been mother and son before;And father, brother — grandmother too.Not understanding what was real,I flowed-on without finding [peace].But now I've seen the Blessed One!This is my last compounded form.The on-flowing of birth has expired.There's no more re-becoming now.See the gathering of followers:Putting forth effort, self controlled,Always with strong resolution—This is how to honor the Buddhas!Surely for the good of so manyDid Maya give birth to Gotama,Who bursts asunder the mass of painOf those stricken by sickness and death.'- Mahā Pajāpatī Gotamī TherīgāthāA Mother's Blessing Thig 6.6- Source : www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/kn/thig/thig.06.06.olen.html---Discourses of the Ancient Nuns(Bhikkhūnī Saṃyutta)translated from the Pali byBhikkhu BodhiSource : www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/bodhi/bl143.html- Posted by CFFong