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Surprising, from (1): Theravada Buddhists have traditionally believed that women had to be reborn as men to achieve nirvana or become Bodhisattvas. https://fac

• wirrbel 3y ago
  There is also an issue with women’s ordination. Orthodox theravāda believes women’s orders died out and cannot be revived. There is also progressiv theravāda that doesn’t hold certain views that seem anachronistic today.