Garudhamma 8: Exploring Gender Issues in Buddhism
…uality debate for scholars and laypeople has been the validity of the eight garudhamma – with a movement started on April 1, 2001 for their abolition, under the premise that they are not believed to be …
…om the Buddha, arguing that they were intended as guidelines for Buddhist nuns' conduct rather than mere customs. The paper analyzes historical texts, including the Sutta, Vinaya, and Aṭṭhakathā of the …