[Buddha-l] Re: To whom should teachings be given

[Benito Carral]

On Friday, June 9, 2006, Vicente Gonzalez wrote:

> How  do  you explain that some men, pervaded with the
> truths  that  you  explain,  they  put a woman as the
> "goddess  of  wisdom",  and  named her the "mother of
> Buddhas",  and  later  they  write  teachings about a
> woman who was the Queen of Abhidharma?

   That's  a quite easy question. Do you know who wrote
the  most  celebrated  love  poems  to women? Monks are
supposed  to be celibate, it's not hard to see how they
could idealize the feminine side.

   More later.

   Best wishes,

--
   Benito Carral
     Asturias, Sepharad (Spain)