Women in Buddhism: Images of the Feminine in Mahāyāna Tradition |
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Amitabha Ananda Arhat assembly attain Avalokitesvara awakened become birth Bodhi Bodhisattva Dharmodgata Bodhisattva Kuan-yin Bodhisattva practice Bodhisattva Sadāprarudita body Brahman Buddha land Buddhahood Buddhist literature Buddhist texts Candrottară celestial Bodhisattva Chapter Chinese compassionate Concentration desire dhisattva dhist Emptiness evil female feminine five hundred women Five Mothers flowers friends goddess gods heaven hell humbly spoke hundred women attendants ideal Indian Indra Jātaka Kapilavastu Kāśyapa King Udayana lay disciple living lord Lotus Sutra lust Mahākāśyapa Mahāvastu Mahāyāna Buddhist male Mañjuśrī Māra meditation merchant's daughter merit monks motherhood Nāga nuns one's Pāli Pāli canon path Perfect Enlightenment Perfection of Wisdom phenomena Prabhūtā Pratyeka-buddhas Pure Land Queen Śrīmālā realm rebirth religious reverence Śakra Śākyamuni Samgha samsāra Sanskrit Śāriputra sattva sensual seven daughters sexual change sexual transformation spiritual Sudhana Sumati Supreme Tathāgata teach the Dharma teacher thought of enlightenment translation true Dharma Udayana Vimalakīrti virtuous vows woman world systems