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Women in Buddhism is a topic that can be approached from varied perspectives including those of theology, history, archaeology, anthropology, and feminism.Topical interests include the theological status of women, the treatment of women in Buddhist societies at home and in public, the history of women in Buddhism, and a comparison of the experiences of women across different forms of Buddhism.
They are mostly followers of Chinese schools of Mahayana, making this the largest body of Buddhist traditions. Mahayana, also practised in broader East Asia, is followed by over half of the world's Buddhists. [1] The second largest body of Buddhist schools is Theravada, mostly followed in Southeast Asia and Sri Lanka. [1]
In 1984 Aoyama Rōshi became abbess of Tokubetsu in Aichi Senmon Nisodo where she trained special monastics to become teachers of the tradition, trained nuns, gave Dharma transmission, and was authorized to designate her own Dharma heir. She is the first nun to be appointed to the rank of Daikyoshi (Great Teacher) in the Soto Zen school. She ...
Pages in category "Female Buddhist spiritual teachers" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Tara (Sanskrit: तारा, tārā; Standard Tibetan: སྒྲོལ་མ, dölma), Ārya Tārā (Noble Tara), also known as Jetsün Dölma (Tibetan: rje btsun sgrol ma, meaning: "Venerable Mother of Liberation"), is an important female Buddha in Buddhism, especially revered in Vajrayana Buddhism and Mahayana Buddhism. She may appear as a ...
Niguma is considered one of the most important and influential yoginis and Vajrayana teachers of the 10th or 11th century in India. She was a dakini, and one of the two female founders of the Shangpa Kagyu school of Vajrayana Buddhism, along with dakini Sukhasiddhi. Her birth name was Shrijnana (or Palgyi Yéshé in Tibetan). [1]
Officially, only men can become monks and novices in Thailand under a Buddhist order that since 1928 has forbidden the ordination of women. Thailand's rebel female Buddhist monks defy tradition ...
The female Theravada Buddhist communities in Nepal follow Burmese traditions of female renunciation. Some nuns detach from modern society and concentrate their time to meditate and study the Buddha dharma. Some are motivated to pursue the path to avoid traditional marriage and motherhood. [5]