Yashodhara [the Buddha's wife] became famous for her independence. For example, she refused to wear the traditional veil. When criticized for this, she replied that a noble woman who controls her mind and senses will be properly veiled even when she is naked, for one's sins cannot be covered even by a whole pile of robes and veils.
---Gene Reeves, in The Stories of the Lotus Sutra---
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