THERIGATHA
Poems of Early Buddhist Nuns
Translated by K.R. Norman and C.R.F. Davids • Read by Vishvantara and Jinananda
This remarkable collection of 73 verses contained in the Khuddaka Nikaya section of the Pali Canon dates from the 6th century BCE. It is said to be the earliest voices of women in recorded history. The verses, some brief, some more extended, are the utterances of the Bhikkhunis, the nuns at the time of the Buddha, concerning their life and their ‘awakening’.
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