Buddhist Nuns - Poems

Poems

There is the quite famous Therigatha collection of poems call Verses of the Elder Nuns and a less known collection called Discourses of the Ancient Nuns.

  • Therigatha Verses of the Elder Nuns
  • Discourses of the Ancient Nuns (Bhikkhuni-samyutta)

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