Women in Buddhism
Women in Budhism
Word Count- 1,523
I decided to research women in Buddhism for my paper. My reason is choosing this was because I was curious to see how women are treated and if their were any differences between my own religion, Christianity, and theirs. In the early years of Buddhism, the expectations for females were extremely low. They were only expected to take care of household duties and raise their families. Education wasn't available for females; the religion believed there was no purpose for it. Women were looked so down upon, that the moastic culture believed that if you had a girl, it brought bad luck to the family. Although, Women were invited to participate in the religion by Gautama Buddha, Ladies in the Buddhist religion couldn't become monks. The Buddhist founders believed that women should have equal rights to men when it came to worshiping. But, they were uncertain that women could uphold the Buddhist communities strong patrons. Eventually, Buddhism came around and allowed women to participate and join as part of the monastic culture; only if they could follow eight rules. The rules included everything from respecting every new nun to practicing the culture for the rest of their lives. If the women could agree with the in depth rules they would be accepted. Women who accomplished these terms were referred to as bhikkhuni. Women uphold majority of the Buddhism culture by participating in attendance at worships and preparing meals for the monks. The Buddhist religion would not have survived if it wasn't for all of the help they receive by females. However, Men still had a hard time coping with women in their Buddhist community, because they believed women were unclean individuals. The reasoning behind this is because they would leave their men unsatisfied sexually. Its clear that Buddhist and their view on women have definitely
Word Count- 1,523
I decided to research women in Buddhism for my paper. My reason is choosing this was because I was curious to see how women are treated and if their were any differences between my own religion, Christianity, and theirs. In the early years of Buddhism, the expectations for females were extremely low. They were only expected to take care of household duties and raise their families. Education wasn't available for females; the religion believed there was no purpose for it. Women were looked so down upon, that the moastic culture believed that if you had a girl, it brought bad luck to the family. Although, Women were invited to participate in the religion by Gautama Buddha, Ladies in the Buddhist religion couldn't become monks. The Buddhist founders believed that women should have equal rights to men when it came to worshiping. But, they were uncertain that women could uphold the Buddhist communities strong patrons. Eventually, Buddhism came around and allowed women to participate and join as part of the monastic culture; only if they could follow eight rules. The rules included everything from respecting every new nun to practicing the culture for the rest of their lives. If the women could agree with the in depth rules they would be accepted. Women who accomplished these terms were referred to as bhikkhuni. Women uphold majority of the Buddhism culture by participating in attendance at worships and preparing meals for the monks. The Buddhist religion would not have survived if it wasn't for all of the help they receive by females. However, Men still had a hard time coping with women in their Buddhist community, because they believed women were unclean individuals. The reasoning behind this is because they would leave their men unsatisfied sexually. Its clear that Buddhist and their view on women have definitely