As I read through this beautiful book, (which is printed in Japanese if it is opened one way, and in English if opened the other way,) I wonder if these sutras are worshiping the Buddha as though he were a god.
For me, he was a brilliantly enlightened man. The fact that he did not wish to accept women as any but lay people demonstrates to me that his wisdom was finite. It was only through the intercession of a female relative that he allowed women to become Buddhist nuns. Clearly he was familiar with women in his early life, so I am sure that he found reason for his 'prejudice'.
We women have a lot of burrowing to do before we reach sunlight. We must blame ourselves to some extent.
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