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2016-02-02 Mahapajapati, Founder of the Bhikshuni Order
25th June 2021 • AZC The Hidden Lamp • Roshi Amala Wrightson
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Mahapajapati (India, 6th C BCE) was Shakyamuni's aunt and foster mother. She challenged the Buddha's exclusion of women from the monastic order and won women the right of ordination, thereby becoming the founder of the nun's order.

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