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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Teena@" data-source="post: 7429723" data-attributes="member: 266388"><img src="http://www.beyondthenet.net/buddha/gallery/Plate15a.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />                      [SIZE=-1]15. Equality of women.      It was the Buddha who first gave women her rightful place in a  society which had earlier       ostracised her even to the extent of treating the birth of a girl as  an inauspicious       event. Knowing that being a woman was no bar to her attaining the  highest fruition of       Sainthood, the Buddha permitted the ordination of women as  Bhikkhunis. Further, the       establishment of a Bhikkhuni Sasana (Order of Nuns) by the Buddha  was the first of its       kind in the history of the world. In the picture, The Ven. Ananda,  who has interceded on       behalf of the Sakyan ladies including the step-mother Mahapajapati  Gotami, stands by their       side. [/SIZE]<img src="http://www.beyondthenet.net/buddha/gallery/Plate17a.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />                      [SIZE=-1]17. Ministering to the sick.      In spite of the fact that the study and practice of medicine and  surgical science has       advanced to a great extent by the Buddha's time, hardly any  attention was paid to nursing       or caring for the sick. Putigatta Tissa Thera was a monk who was  stricken by a skin       disease which spread covering his whole body with a mass of  ulcerating matter. Lying       unattended by the fellow monks his condition worsens. The Buddha  going to the stricken       monk who now lies dangerously ill, bathes him in warm water with the  help of Ananda Thera,       and cleans his robes. Having made him comfortable the Buddha  expounds the Teaching to him,       explaining the true nature of the human body. Enlightened by the  discourse the Thera       becomes an Arahant. The Buddha then addresses the other monks on the  ennobling task of       caring for the sick. Accepting the compassionate exhortation of the  Master and following       His noble example, the laity started to build wards for sick monks  in all large       monasteries. Later king Dhammasoka was to build hospitals not only  for the public but also       for sick animals. Hence the honour for the establishment of the  first hospitals should be       given to the Buddhists. [/SIZE]</blockquote>

Verification: Hathara warak wissa keeyada? (Hathara wadi karanna 20)

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