Therigatha Comparison

For some context, you may want to read the following essays

Ayya Sudhamma Therī: “From Lioness Roars to Purrs – A Review of The First Free Women by Matty Weingast” (10 min)
Ven. Akaliko: “A Buddhist Literary Scandal; the Curious Case of The First Free Women” (36 min.)
Bodhipaksa: “The First Free Women as Literary Fraud” (17 min.)
An Tran: How a Poetry Collection Masquerading as Buddhist Scripture Nearly Duped the Literary World
Kimberly Beek: The Importance of Genre: A Poetic Scandal in Contemporary Buddhist Literature

Actions you can take

Please read the article Actions you can take to get ideas of things you can to to correct the record on TFFW.

To learn more about the reaction to The First Free Women book and how to get involved:

Public statements to and from Shambhala Publications
Online spread of The First Free Women book.
What is Shambhala’s Ethical Responsibility? Things to tell Shambhala.
Timeline of events

And more background:

Transcripts of author events.
Quotations from the Buddha about the importance of scriptural accuracy
Complete Therigatha bibliography
FAQ if you are new to the Therigatha.
Bibliography
Online Spread. It’s useful to see how widely this book is being used as a real translation.

Public translations:

These translations appear in this article published by BCBS. or on the Shambhala Publications book page.

All translations: