Gnosis and the Law, Bodhi and the Dharma

[ChrisW]

@Coemgenu

I was reading the Bahudhātukasutta at Majjhimanikāya 115, the standard narrative, It’s impossible for a woman to be a perfected one, a fully awakened Buddha. But it is possible for a man to be a perfected one, a fully awakened Buddha.

There are 50-odd pages in The Bahudhātuka-sutta and its Parallels
On Women’s Inabilities which argue that that line in particular is a late addition to the text – by comparing it with the corresponding agama.

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I thought of mentioning that in Some inauthentic passages in the Early Buddhist Texts - #95 by Brother_Joe but the system warned against posting in such an old topic.