Buddhist women in Japan focus on caring for the bereaved, mentally ill, elders and families, said Paula Arai, a religious studies professor at Louisiana State University.

Women in Early Buddhism. From the beginning, women were allowed to join the Buddhist monastic community, though they had to follow a special set of rules known as the "Eight Garudhammas." ...

As a Western woman and a Buddhist, my own work is not only in the West but in the East as well. I, like some of my sister practitioners, return to Asia, year after year.

Farook Hamid Thursday, 04 May 2017 08:57 AM . You are right Buddhism teaches all Buddhist women should be equal to men and have all the freedom to think do what man can do what they want like in ...

To me December is the month of women. I am well aware that International Women’s Day falls on March 8 each year since 1975. The theme for International Women’s Day 2023 was: “Count her in: invest in ...

Women may not have been considered equal to men in society of the time, or even in the Buddhist Sanghas, but Buddhism was the first religious sect to establish a sangha for bhikkhunis.

What is missing, however, from these images are Buddhist women. What does enlightenment look like for them? I’m a scholar of women and gender in Buddhism, and one of the key questions driving my ...

The Dalai Lama addressing the congregation at the Global Buddhist Summit 2023 at the Ashok Hotel in New Delhi, India, Apr. 21, 2023. Credit: The Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama (OHHDL ...

Buddhist female monastics or “bhikkhunis,” lay persons and academics have challenged longstanding patriarchal traditions.

The women in Buddhism Premium. Scholars are now exploring Buddhist art and literature through the lens of gender and find strands of misogyny. Updated - November 04, 2022 05:24 pm IST .