an8.51.md

title	translator	slug	external_url	drive_links	course	tags	year	pages	parallels
AN 8.51 Gotamī Sutta: With Gotamī	sujato	an.008.051	https://suttacentral.net/an8.51/en/sujato	https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FjVn0W0qdIMyATW1j-l0_v_5eH094S9u/view?usp=drivesdk	pali-canon	bhikkhuni an	2018	4	lzh-dg-kd17 lzh-mg-bu-pn7 lzh-mi-kd17 lzh-mu-kd18b lzh-sarv-kd17b ma116 pli-tv-kd20 san-mu-kd18b t60 t1451.29 xct-mu-kd18b

Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī, the Buddha’s foster mother, requests ordination from the Buddha. He declines, until urged to relent by Ānanda. He allows Mahāpajāpatī to go forth on eight conditions, in this very difficult sutta.