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Essay heading: Women in Buddhism
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Likewise, even though the Buddha agreed to this, the condition of the eight rules undermined the role of women and prevented them from achieving leadership or control in the sangha (community). Although there is argument over whether this was established by the Buddha or was subject to misinterpretation over time, the end result still supported the same view point, that is, the negation of women in monastic life...
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In addition to this, women were seen as the cause of samsara (rebirth) and prevented monks from achieving nirvana. In the Pali Canon, women were symbolized as temptresses, "I see no other single form so enticing, so desirable...so distracting, such a hindrance to winning the unsurpassed peace from effort...
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