Bhikkhave and Bhikkhu as Gender-inclusive Terminology in Early Buddhist Texts

ISSN 1076-9005 Volume 21, 2014 Bhikkhave and Bhikkhu as Gender-inclusive Terminology in Early Buddhist Texts Alice Collett York St John University Bhikkhu Anālayo University of Hamburg In what follows we examine whether the use of the vocative bhikkhave or the nominative bhikkhu in Buddhist canonical texts imply that female monastics are being excluded from the … Continue reading Bhikkhave and Bhikkhu as Gender-inclusive Terminology in Early Buddhist Texts