Buddhism has found a new institutional home in the West: the corporation
How would these people react if they learned that the Buddha said his teachings were to last only 1000 years* if women were not included in the Sangha? And will only last 500 years after women were included?:<p>> “But, Ānanda, if women had not obtained the Going-forth from the home life into homelessness in the Dhamma & Vinaya made known by the Tathāgata, the holy life would have lasted long, the true Dhamma would have lasted 1,000 years. But now that they have obtained the Going-forth from the home life into homelessness in the Dhamma & Vinaya made known by the Tathāgata, the holy life will not last long, the true Dhamma will last only 500 years.<p>Source: AN 8:51 Gotami Sutta, Pali Canon: <a href="https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/AN/AN8_51.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/AN/AN8_51.html</a><p>Curiously, this sutta is left out of accesstoinsight.org, which is the leading source on the Internet for deriving the Buddha's authentic words (translated to English). What's your agenda, Bhikku Ṭhānissaro<i>? Certainly not truth if your way is the way of omission.<p>*Then, what is  it that is being practiced today that is called Buddhism? Or are Buddhists unaware of the mentioned sutta of the Buddha... or do they reject it?</i>