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Finally, the realization struck her that there is no house free from mortality. She returned to the Buddha, who comforted her and preached the Dharma to her. She became awakened and entered the first stage of enlightenment and eventually became an arhat. The Buddha appointed her foremost in discipline among the bhikṣuṇīs. [1]
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.
Buddha Vajravārāhī. In Tibetan Buddhism, Vajravārāhī ("The Indestructible Sow", Tibetan: ་རྡོ་རྗེ་ཕག་མོ, Wylie: rdo rje phag mo Dorje Pakmo) [1] is considered a female buddha [2] and "the root of all emanations of dakinis". [3] As such, Vajravarahi manifests in the colors of white, yellow, red, green, blue, and ...
She is the consort and female counterpart of Samantabhadra, known amongst some Tibetan Buddhists as the Primordial Buddha. Samantabhadri herself is known as the primordial Mother Buddha. Samantabhadri is the dharmakaya dakini aspect of the Trikaya, or three bodies of a Buddha. As such, Samantabhadri represents the aspect of Buddhahood in whom ...
Paṭacārā or Patachara was a notable female figure in Buddhism, described in the Pali Canon. Among the female disciples of Gautama Buddha, she was the foremost exponent of the Vinaya, the rules of monastic discipline. She lived during the 6th century BCE in what is now Bihar and Uttar Pradesh in India.
Pages in category "Female buddhas and supernatural beings" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The ordination of women in Buddhism has been and continues to be practiced in some Buddhist regions, such as East Asia. It is being revived in some countries such as Malaysia, Nepal, and Sri Lanka, as well as newly beginning in Western countries to which Buddhism has recently spread, such as the United States. [5] Other countries have been ...
For the current Buddha, Gautama, his chief male disciples were Sariputta and Moggallana, while his chief female disciples were Khema and Uppalavanna. [ 8 ] According to Theravada commentaries, in a previous life Khema was born a woman in the time of Padumattara Buddha and encountered Padumattara Buddha's chief male disciple foremost in wisdom.