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  2. Uppalavanna - Wikipedia

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    Uppalavanna (Sanskrit: Utpalavarṇā; pinyin: Lián Huá Sè) was a Buddhist bhikkhuni, or nun, who was considered one of the top female disciples of the Buddha. She is considered the second of the Buddha's two chief female disciples, along with Khema. She was given the name Uppalavanna, meaning "color of a blue water lily", at birth due to ...

  3. Nun - Wikipedia

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    In Christianity, nuns are found in the Catholic, Oriental Orthodox, Eastern Orthodox, Lutheran, and Anglican and some Presbyterian traditions, as well as other Christian denominations. [1] In the Buddhist tradition, female monastics are known as Bhikkhuni, and take several additional vows compared to male monastics .

  4. Women as theological figures - Wikipedia

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    Joan Breton Connelly Portrait of a Priestess: Women and Ritual in Ancient Greece Princeton University Press March 2007 ^ Silvia Evangelisti Nuns: A History of Convent Life, OUP 2007 ^ Pechilis, Karen. The Graceful Guru: Hindu Female Gurus in India and the United States ISBN 0-19-514538-0 ^ Shattuck, Cybelle and Lewis, Nancy D.

  5. Monasticism - Wikipedia

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    Forest dwelling was a common practice in early Buddhism, and it is still followed by some Buddhist sects such as the Thai Forest Tradition.. The Sangha or community of ordained Buddhist bhikkhus (Pali bhikkhu, like Sanskrit bhikṣuts, means 'simag; one who lives by alms' [2]), and original bhikkhunīs (nuns) were founded by Gautama Buddha during his lifetime over 2500 years ago.

  6. Buddhist influences on Christianity - Wikipedia

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    Buddhism was known in the pre-Christian Greek world through the campaigns of Alexander the Great (see Greco-Buddhism and Greco-Buddhist monasticism), and several prominent early Christian fathers, including Clement of Alexandria and St. Jerome, were aware of the Buddha, even mentioning him in their works.

  7. Buddhism and Christianity - Wikipedia

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    Although the prevalent romantic view on Buddhism sees it as an authentic and ancient practice, contemporary Buddhism is deeply influenced by the western culture. With the rise of western colonialism in the 19th century, Asian cultures and religions developed strategies to adapt to the western hegemony, without losing their own traditions.

  8. Christian monasticism - Wikipedia

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    Those living the monastic life are known by the generic terms monks (men) and nuns (women). The word monk originated from the Greek μοναχός (monachos, 'monk'), itself from μόνος (monos) meaning 'alone'. [1] [2] Christian monks did not live in monasteries at first; rather, they began by living alone as solitaries, as the word monos ...

  9. Khema - Wikipedia

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    Khema (Pali: Khemā; Sanskrit: Kṣemā) was a Buddhist bhikkhuni, or nun, who was one of the top female disciples of the Buddha. [3] [4] She is considered the first of the Buddha's two chief female disciples, along with Uppalavanna.