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Sexist buddhists

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Buddhism is so groovy, cool, cosmic and deep isn't it?

Many of her male counterparts call her misguided, but for her followers, she's a teacher who studied the ancient texts and revived the third century BC practice of ordaining women as Buddhist nuns, or Bhikuni as they're called. ...

Dr Wimalaratne Thero says Buddhism respects women's rights and the nuns are just stirred up by foreign ideas like feminism.

'Rebel' nuns battle monks' scorn

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Purity does not belong anywhere. Only the impure managed to find time to indulge and speculate.

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