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Eminent Women in Buddhist History=歷史上的傑出佛教女眾 |
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Bhikkhuni Dhammananda (著)=法喜比丘尼 (au.)
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國際佛教善女人大會（第11屆）=Sakyadhita International Conference on Buddhist Women(11th)
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| Date | 2009.12.28 |
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| Publisher | Sakyadhita: the international association of buddhist women |
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http://www.sakyadhita.org/
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| Location | HCM City, Vietnam [胡志明市, 越南] |
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| Content type | 會議論文=Proceeding Article |
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| Language | 中文=Chinese; 英文=English |
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| Note | 會議地點：越南胡志明市；時間：2009.12.18 - 2010.01.03；大會主題：傑出的女性修行者與典範=Eminent Buddhist Women |
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| Abstract | In addition to the ten mahasvāvakas, or great disciple monks, there are also ten bhikkhunis who were renowned as great disciple nuns. It is notable that these ten bhikkhunis came from very different social backgrounds and each had a distinctive personal history. Once they came upon the Buddhadhamma, each developed her practice and achieved eminence. These nuns are:
1. Bhikkhuni Mahapajjapati was formerly a queen of King Suddhodana (the Buddha's father), who ruled Kapilavatthu. She became the first bhikkhuni and the leader of the Bhikkhuni Sangha.
2. Bhikkhuni Khema, a former consort of King Bimbasara of Magadha. She became the foremost in wisdom, parallel to Bhikkhu Sariputta among the monks.
3. Bhikkhuni Uppalavanna was a renowned beauty from a commercial family. After she became a nun, she developed supernormal powers and was recognized as foremost among the nuns in this regard.
4. Bhikkhuni Dhammadinna was an upper class housewife who became foremost among the nuns in preaching the Dhamma.
5. Bhikkhuni Patacara was a desperate widow who became preeminent among the nuns in helping distressed women.
6. Bhikkhuni Kisagotami was a distraught woman who asked the Buddha for medicine to bring her dead child back to life (Dhp 278; 114) and later became foremost among the nuns in ascetic practices (Thig 213-223; SN 5:3).
7. Bhikkhuni Bimba, formerly the wife of Prince Siddhartha, became foremost in peaceful abiding.
8. Bhikkhuni Bhaddā Kudalakesā, a passionate young woman, became foremost in quickness of understanding (A. I:14; Dhp. 101; Therigatha 107-9; Ap.II, 3:1, vv. 38-46).
9. Bhikkhuni Soma, a disillusioned mother of many children, worked very hard to expel all the fetters from her heart (Ap.II, 3:6, 234-36) and became renowned as foremost in diligence (Dhp. 112, Thig 102-6; SN. 5:2).
10. Bhikkhuni Nandā, an attractive princess, practiced diligently to overcome her selfishness and narcissism and came to be praised as foremost in meditation (Thig. 82-86).
There were also many eminent laywomen at the time of the Buddha, including:
1. Lady Visakha was highly respected because she was at once attractive, intelligent, compassionate, and devoted.
2. Queen Mallika was an intelligent and courageous queen who saved many lives.
3. Queen Samavati used boundless love (metta) to transform a violent king into a sober truth-seeker. Her life’s circumstances also reveal the secret to living a healthy life in troubled times. She is an extraordinary example of how the practice of boundless love affected her and the people around her.
4.A dwarfed and cunning servant who was transformed into a righteous, eminent Dhamma teacher. Her encounter with the Dhamma provides a glimpse of how Dhamma education works in miraculous ways to transform people in all walks of life.
5. Ambapali was a famous courtesan, who, after seeing the impermanent nature of youth and beauty and the vanity of fame and wealth, renounced the world and eventually became an arhat.
佛陀除了十大弟子或尊貴的和尚門徒之外，還有十大傑出的比丘尼，亦是尊貴的女尼。值得注意的是，這十位比丘尼分別來自相當不同的社會背景，而且每一位的來歷都各有千秋。她們諸位自接觸佛法之後，便精進於自我修行終而證得正果。這些女尼們是：
1. 大愛道(摩訶波闍波提)比丘尼是佛陀父親-淨飯王(統治迦毗羅衛國)的王后，後來成為佛陀門下第一位出家的比丘尼，也是比丘尼僧團的領袖。
2. 讖摩比丘尼為從前摩羯陀國，頻婆娑羅王的王妃，後來成為智慧第一的比丘尼，其智慧可媲美比丘僧團中的舍利弗。
3. 蓮花色(優婆羅瓦那)比丘尼本是一名出生於商賈世家中具有聲望的美人。當她成為比丘尼之後，精進於神通力的修練，鑑於此，被譽為神通第一。
4. 達摩提那(法與)比丘尼本是一位上層階級的家庭主婦，其後成為說法第一的比丘尼。
5. 般陀查羅比丘尼本是一名絕望的寡婦，後來成為在幫助身陷失親之痛的女人方面，有卓越成就的比丘尼。
6. 柯莎喬達彌比丘尼她曾乞求過佛陀施予藥方好讓她死去的孩子得以復活，而後她成為僧團中苦行第一的比丘尼。
7. 頻婆比丘尼曾經是悉達多太子的后妃，後來成為在靈性的寧靜安住上首屈一指的比丘尼。
8. 跋達克達拉琪莎比丘尼從一位年輕熱情的女人，成為頓悟第一的比丘尼。
9. 輸那比丘尼是一位擁有眾多孩子、失去夢想的母親，奮力於驅逐心中所有的束縛，後來成為精進第一的比丘尼。
10. 難陀比丘尼本是一名嫵媚動人的公主，精進於修行以克服自己的任性和自我迷戀，後來被譽為禪定第一。
在佛陀說法的時代仍有許多著名的女信徒：包括：
1. 毘舍佉小姐由於她的魅力、才智、慈悲為懷與奉獻，備受崇敬。
2. 茉莉王后(波羅奈及拘薩羅國，波斯匿王(King Pasenadi)的王后)她是一位有才智又勇敢的王后，曾救過許多生命。
3. 薩馬瓦諦王后(優得那(Uden)的王后)她用無邊的慈愛來感化脾氣暴躁的君王-優得那(Uden)，使其成為一位精進的真理探索者。她的生活寫照揭露了”如何在動盪不安的時代活出正向健全人生”的秘訣。她的生平是一個非凡的例證，說明了實踐無際的慈愛，如何感化她自己與週遭的人們。
4. 女僕庫玖達拉（Khujjuttara）一位矮小駝背而機 |
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| Created date | 2010.01.18 |
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| Modified date | 2015.08.17 |
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