Comments on: The Next Dalai Lama Should Be a Woman http://working-on.me/personal-development/the-next-dalai-lama-should-be-a-woman Self Development Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:37:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Srisuda From Thailand http://working-on.me/personal-development/the-next-dalai-lama-should-be-a-woman/comment-page-1#comment-2498 Srisuda From Thailand Tue, 03 May 2011 06:28:54 +0000 http://working-on.me/?p=412#comment-2498 As a Buddhist woman from Thailand, sometimes it is a bit difficult to understand the reasons why women can only become nuns as opposed to becoming ordained as a monk. We did have one female monk, but she was the abbot of a temple that was not part of the mainstream Buddhist schools in Thailand. I met her at her temple back in 1993 and we spoke for several hours. I think I might have been more of a feminist then she was! She didn't seem to upset that she wasn't recognized as being a monk, but I was :) From what I have studied though, in the time of the Buddha, the requirements were the same for both men and women who wished to follow the Buddha. so I think it was after some time had passed after the Buddha entered ParaNivarna that the Sangha was formed and women were systematically segregated. As a Buddhist woman from Thailand, sometimes it is a bit difficult to understand the reasons why women can only become nuns as opposed to becoming ordained as a monk. We did have one female monk, but she was the abbot of a temple that was not part of the mainstream Buddhist schools in Thailand. I met her at her temple back in 1993 and we spoke for several hours. I think I might have been more of a feminist then she was! She didn’t seem to upset that she wasn’t recognized as being a monk, but I was :)

From what I have studied though, in the time of the Buddha, the requirements were the same for both men and women who wished to follow the Buddha. so I think it was after some time had passed after the Buddha entered ParaNivarna that the Sangha was formed and women were systematically segregated.

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The Tibetan traditions have lost the full ordination for women, nothing esoteric. In fact even a layman is not allowed by tradition to study the Vinaya because they are not Sangha, that`s the only reason.

]]> By: Romantic Gifts http://working-on.me/personal-development/the-next-dalai-lama-should-be-a-woman/comment-page-1#comment-956 Romantic Gifts Tue, 26 Oct 2010 06:59:57 +0000 http://working-on.me/?p=412#comment-956 Excellent read and enlightening. I was surprised to find out that their has never been a female Dalai Lama. Not even Buddhism is exempt from chauvinism. Excellent read and enlightening. I was surprised to find out that their has never been a female Dalai Lama. Not even Buddhism is exempt from chauvinism.

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