Sutta quotes derisive to women

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rekoW wrote: Sat Jul 30, 2022 3:50 am I saw on another buddism forum
Jhana4 wrote:
Another person well versed in the suttas spent what must have been hours in making an anti-woman meme he posted that consisted of a number of sutta quotes derisive to women.
I was too scared to ask question at this buddha forum. Everyone there writing same in austria called "wowserism".

Is the above true? Is a number of buddha sutta quotes derisive to women? How many Sutta quotes derisive to women exist? Which are the many sutta quotes derisive to women?
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wowser (redirected from Wowserism)
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wow·ser (wou′zər)
n. Chiefly Australian
A person regarded as obnoxiously puritanical.
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https://www.thefreedictionary.com/Wowse ... origin.%5D
Note that it is Australian, not Austrian slang, though I'm sure I've heard it in a Frank Zappa song somewhere...

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So the suttas have some misogynistic content, presumably related to cultural attitudes when they were composed?
And so? :shrug:
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Spiny Norman wrote: Mon Aug 01, 2022 6:41 am So the suttas have some misogynistic content...
I have not found it yet. Am continue looking. Is abstains from anger and from bad action "misogynistic"?
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Just a Buddha's definition of (the vicāra* of) women in the Tipitaka (not entirely similar in the Agama) — and not derisive (just factual) :
“Women have a man as their ambition. They’re preoccupied with adornments. They’re dedicated to their children. They insist on being without a co-wife. Their ultimate goal is authority.”

"Itthī pana, bho gotama, kiṁadhippāyā, kiṁupavicārā, kiṁadhiṭṭhānā, kiṁabhinivesā, kiṁpariyosānā”ti?
AN 6.52
* Here, vicāra [act. vicar], as a" mode of acting" (ŚrS.)
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In this world, there are many people acting and yearning for the Mara's world; some for the Brahma's world; and very few for the Unborn.
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rekoW wrote: Mon Aug 01, 2022 11:32 am
Spiny Norman wrote: Mon Aug 01, 2022 6:41 am So the suttas have some misogynistic content...
I have not found it yet. Am continue looking. Is abstains from anger and from bad action "misogynistic"?
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thomaslaw wrote: Mon Aug 01, 2022 12:39 am The Pali collection, Matugama Samyutta, does not have any corresponding Chinese SA sutras. It belongs to Veyyakarana/Vyakarana (Tathagata) anga, according to Ven. Yinshun.
That just his opinion. And his opinion doesn't amount to anything compared to the authority of ancient parampara system.

And foremost, he is of Mahayana later sect of Chinese Buddhism. Out of league. He should have stayed in his domain of Mahayana doctrine.
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Ontheway wrote: Sat Aug 06, 2022 4:55 pm
thomaslaw wrote: Mon Aug 01, 2022 12:39 am The Pali collection, Matugama Samyutta, does not have any corresponding Chinese SA sutras. It belongs to Veyyakarana/Vyakarana (Tathagata) anga, according to Ven. Yinshun.
That just his opinion. And his opinion doesn't amount to anything compared to the authority of ancient parampara system.
What is "the authority of ancient parampara system"?
Ontheway wrote: Sat Aug 06, 2022 4:55 pm And foremost, he is of Mahayana later sect of Chinese Buddhism. Out of league. He should have stayed in his domain of Mahayana doctrine.
Thanks for his studies in early Buddhism based on both Pali and Chinese versions.
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