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First Buddhist women poems & stories of awakening

First Buddhist Women is a readable, contemporary translation of and commentary on the enlightenment verses of the first female disciples of the Buddha. Through the study of the Therigatha, the earliest-known collection of women's religious poetry, the book explores Buddhism's 2,600-year-long liberal attitude toward women. Utilizing commentary and storytelling, author Susan Murcott traces the journey of wives, mothers, teachers, courtesans, prostitutes, and wanderers who became leaders in the Buddhist community, acquiring roles that even today are rarely filled by women in other, pa.

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  • "First Buddhist Women is a readable, contemporary translation of and commentary on the enlightenment verses of the first female disciples of the Buddha. Through the study of the Therigatha, the earliest-known collection of women's religious poetry, the book explores Buddhism's 2,600-year-long liberal attitude toward women. Utilizing commentary and storytelling, author Susan Murcott traces the journey of wives, mothers, teachers, courtesans, prostitutes, and wanderers who became leaders in the Buddhist community, acquiring roles that even today are rarely filled by women in other, pa."@en
  • "A travers le ##Therigatha## (Cantique des Anciennes), l'auteure raconte l'histoire des femmes qui entourèrent Bouddha en toute liberté et égalité. [SDM]."
  • "A contemporary translation and commentary on the enlightenment verses of the first female disciples of the Buddha."

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  • "Criticism, interpretation, etc"
  • "Criticism, interpretation, etc"@en
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Commentaries"

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  • "The first Buddhist women"
  • "First Buddhist women : poems & stories of awakening"
  • "Bouddha et les femmes : les premières femmes bouddhistes d'après le Thérigata"
  • "Bouddha et les femmes : les premières femmes bouddhistes d'après le Therigatha"
  • "First Buddhist women poems & stories of awakening"@en
  • "Tipiṭaka. Suttapiṭaka. Khuddakanikāya. Therīgāthā"
  • "The first Buddhist women : translations and commentaries on the "Therigatha""
  • "First Buddhist women poems [and] stories of awakening"
  • "The first Buddhist women : translations and commentaries on the Therigatha"

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