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1 2|   agree that what was new and important about Buddha's teachings
2 2|       the only women who were important in the early years of Buddhism.
3 2| Buddhism. Lay women were also important in the early vitality of
4 2|   became arhats. Perhaps more important to the young movement, however,
5 3|    the monastic life which is important. What matters is that the
6 3|       a feeling that the most important pieces of the Theravada