Gender of Buddhas

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Gender of Buddhas

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I know this has probably been asked and answered many times, but I know that Sammasambuddha can only be a man, and an Arahant can be any gender, but can a Paccekabuddha be a woman or is it the same with a Sammasambuddha and it can only be a man?
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Dear Wizard in the Forest,

just my 2 cents, the next great and needed teacher will be origin from a woman and I don't mean just from the womb. :-)
Just that! *smile*
...We Buddhists must find the courage to leave our temples and enter the temples of human experience, temples that are filled with suffering. If we listen to Buddha, Christ, or Gandhi, we can do nothing else. The refugee camps, the prisons, the ghettos, and the battlefields will become our temples. We have so much work to do. ... Peace is Possible! Step by Step. - Samtach Preah Maha Ghosananda "Step by Step" http://www.ghosananda.org/bio_book.html

BUT! it is important to become a real Buddhist first. Like Punna did: Punna Sutta Nate sante baram sokham _()_
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Attachment to gender will be a hindrance to progress anyway as will attachment to this present life.

Buddhas are genderless.

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As non acceptance of gender will TMingyur, as non acceptance will.
Just that! *smile*
...We Buddhists must find the courage to leave our temples and enter the temples of human experience, temples that are filled with suffering. If we listen to Buddha, Christ, or Gandhi, we can do nothing else. The refugee camps, the prisons, the ghettos, and the battlefields will become our temples. We have so much work to do. ... Peace is Possible! Step by Step. - Samtach Preah Maha Ghosananda "Step by Step" http://www.ghosananda.org/bio_book.html

BUT! it is important to become a real Buddhist first. Like Punna did: Punna Sutta Nate sante baram sokham _()_
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Hanzze wrote:As non acceptance of gender will TMingyur, as non acceptance will.
Non-acceptance is not the opposite of attachment, but non-attachment is.

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So, no one knows? I know what a Paccekabuddha is, and it's easy to speak of non-attachment to gender when you're not a woman. I, however, was born one so I would like to know (regardless). :lol: I have accepted what I was born as in this life, but I would like to know.
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Wizard in the Forest wrote:... it's easy to speak of non-attachment to gender when you're not a woman.
This is what I have called hindrance.

You can also phrase it "clinging to aggregates".

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Wizard in the Forest wrote:So, no one knows?
Assuming.
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Annapurna wrote:
Wizard in the Forest wrote:So, no one knows?
Assuming.
No one has answered.
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TMingyur wrote: This is what I have called hindrance.

You can also phrase it "clinging to aggregates".

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That's funny, because I am aware such a condition does not last, but that was not what I asked about. What I asked was direct.
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Wizard in the Forest wrote:
TMingyur wrote: This is what I have called hindrance.

You can also phrase it "clinging to aggregates".

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That's funny, because I am aware such a condition does not last, ...
That is great. Because that is what mindfulness is about, too.

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:goodpost:

But honestly, does no one know about it? I know that Paccekabuddha were often travelling ascetics in the past, and because women couldn't become ascetics before the Buddha ordained Bhikkhunis I assumed and extrapolated that perhaps they're all men, but I don't know if that is a statement on potential as well. So I asked.
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Wizard in the Forest wrote:
Annapurna wrote:
Wizard in the Forest wrote:So, no one knows?
Assuming.
No one has answered.
Does that mean they don't know? ;)
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Wizard in the Forest wrote::goodpost:

I know that Paccekabuddha were often travelling ascetics in the past, and because women couldn't become ascetics before the Buddha ordained Bhikkhunis I assumed and extrapolated that perhaps they're all men, but I don't know if that is a statement on potential as well. So I asked.
Why couldn't women become ascetics....? :thinking:
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