As in other world religions, the religious hierarchy in Buddhism is male-dominated, causing ongoing gender discrimination both in monasteries and in wider Buddhist society. Buddhist texts sometimes "equal the worst anti-women polemics of any religion".
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Showing posts with label buddhism. Show all posts
2025-09-19
Buddhism and Women
Labels:
buddhism,
gender prejudice,
religion,
religion and women,
women
Location:
Taipei City, Taiwan
2025-09-10
Buddhism 's Eightfold Path: Right Speech
Buddhism's Eightfold Path step #3 is Right Speech: it teaches that to be wise, you must avoid lies, slander, promoting division, using abusive language and careless gossip.
It should be part of the End-User Licence Agreement for doing anything online.
Add as Section #1 to www.humanreligions.info/debating.html, as it predates similar statements in the Bible and the Qur'an.
Labels:
buddhism,
debating,
etiquette,
netiquette
Location:
Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines
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