Why does a woman need to become a man in order to become a Buddha?: Past investigations, new leads

This paper puts forth a new interpretation of the problem of the ineligibility of the female body for Buddhahood as it is seen in the texts of the Mahāyāna tradition of Buddhism. Recognizing that advanced female practitioners in Mahāyāna sūtras both lecture their detractors on the emptiness of physi...

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Main Author: Balkwill, Stephanie (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2018]
In: Religion compass
Year: 2018, Volume: 12, Issue: 8, Pages: 1-9
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Tipiṭaka. Suttapiṭaka. Saddharmapuṇḍarīka-sūtra / Bodhisattva ideal / Woman / Body / Sexual identity / Gender reassignment surgery
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AG Religious life; material religion
BL Buddhism
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