“In all things, there is neither male nor female.”

— Gautama Buddha

Vimalakriti Sutra, as quoted by Dr Bettany Hughes Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-life/11785181/Feminism-started-with-the-Buddha-and-Confucius-25-centuries-ago.html
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philosopher, reformer and the founder of Buddhism -563–-483 BC

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