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 1 1   |                               I~Buddhism has, throughout its history,
 2 1   |         move, the expression of Buddhism has changed to suit the
 3 1   |      the culture of the people. Buddhism has not yet been in the
 4 1   |     many aspects of traditional Buddhism which need slight adaptation
 5 1   |        the areas of traditional Buddhism which modern Western Buddhists
 6 1   |  bearing upon men's practice on Buddhism, it has the potential to
 7 1   |      effect upon my practice of Buddhism. I decided to use the opportunity
 8 1   |      role of women in Theravada Buddhism. Theravada is the oldest
 9 1   |         of the various sects of Buddhism being imported to the United
10 1   |      the role of women in early Buddhism, and trace the historical
11 1   |      role of women in Theravada Buddhism through to the present. ~
12 1(1)|     Women in the Development of Buddhism," in   Women, Religion,
13 1(2)|       and the Feminine in Early Buddhism," in Buddhism, Sexuality,
14 1(2)| Feminine in Early Buddhism," in Buddhism, Sexuality, and Society,
15 2   |       practice of institutional Buddhism more in line with societally
16 2   |  superior to most men. Monastic Buddhism had to be acceptable to
17 2(3)|        Anne Bancroft, "Women in Buddhism," in Women in the World'
18 2(4)|       and the Feminine in Early Buddhism," In Buddhism, Sexuality,
19 2(4)| Feminine in Early Buddhism," In Buddhism, Sexuality, and Society,
20 2   | important in the early years of Buddhism. Lay women were also important
21 2   |     women who were converted to Buddhism did not join the order of
22 2   |     seven or eight centuries of Buddhism in India, Buddhism was patronized
23 2   | centuries of Buddhism in India, Buddhism was patronized by wealthy
24 2   |    cannot definitively say that Buddhism would not have survived
25 2   |      queens, it is certain that Buddhism would not have prospered
26 2(6)|     Women in the Development of Buddhism," in Women, Religion, and
27 2   |      convert the inhabitants to Buddhism. He preached to many people,
28 3   |    government worked to restore Buddhism. They managed to get some
29 3   |      orders of Theravada nuns. (Buddhism had pretty much disappeared
30 3   |    continuance of institutional Buddhism, it is questionable whether
31 3   |      time teaching people about Buddhism, meditating, and participating
32 3   |      the West? How is Theravada Buddhism being incorporated into
33 3   |     practices of other sects of Buddhism, or even practices of completely
34 3   |   teachings. Although Theravada Buddhism as traditionally practiced
35 3   |        probably become American Buddhism, I have a feeling that the