Why does a woman need to become a man in order to become a Buddha
Past investigations, new leads
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4299540 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stephanie Balkwill (0000-0002-8814-6869, University of Winnipeg, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Publication date | 2018-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religion Compass (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1749-8171 • E-ISSN: 1749-8171 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/rec3.12270 |
| OpenAlex | W2837155965 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 6 |
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 physical forms while simultaneously changing their female forms to male ones, this paper provides an interpretation of the available textual material that reads the actions of such female practitioners as consonant and not contradictory. In so doing, this paper offers an innovative reading of the famous story of the Dragon King's Daughter from the Lotus Sūtra, one that sees it in conversation with a lesser known text specifically on the topic of female-to-male sex change on the path to Buddhahood, the Sūtra on Transforming the Female Form.Video Abstract available at https://youtu.be/iK8sJNq4y5s
Buddhism · Conversation · Daughter · Emptiness · Epistemology · Gautama Buddha · Linguistics · Political science · Psychoanalysis · Theology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Communication · Indian and Buddhist Studies · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Study and Philosophy of Religion
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2023 (4) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |