Were Women Forbidden by Buddha? || Acharya Prashant

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00:00I am not sure if Buddha actually said so or not, but it is associated with him that he did not want to allow women in the Sangha.

00:05And there is no insult to Buddha in this.

00:07Many people say, Oh! Buddha was anti-women. Buddha has been made a misogynist.

00:11But Buddha had reached a place where gender doesn't remain.

00:14Let me tell you what happened. Buddha must have made tireless efforts for women.

00:18And after that Buddha must have said this because whenever anyone makes efforts for women, women stand before him with their emotions.

00:24No, your point is correct. There must be a reason why Buddha didn't make his first disciple his own wife.

00:29They were also human and very compassionate people.

00:31He must have felt pain when he left his wife, his son.

00:34There must have been a great compulsion. Only then would he have left.

00:37He didn't go out for tourism.