The Venerable Man Kuang, chief editor of the Buddhist magazine Universal Gate, says that in the Buddha's day racial differences were large. In the interests of equality, specifically to eliminate comparison of race or beauty, both men and women had to shave their heads.
普門出版社總編輯滿光法師指出，佛陀時代種族間的差異很大，為求平等，消除種族和相貌美醜的比較心，男女眾都一律剃頭。