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Restoration of full ordination of nuns in Tibetan Buddhism seems right both as equity and pragmatism: helpful in preserving an endangered religion.
But: slightly irritating this ignores the long-standing full ordination of women as tantrikas (ngakmas).
tricycle.org/magazine/recen…
But: slightly irritating this ignores the long-standing full ordination of women as tantrikas (ngakmas).
tricycle.org/magazine/recen…
According to scripture & tradition, women are inherently inferior practitioners of sutrayana, but inherently superior in tantrayana.
Sutrayana, the path of renunciation, ordains monks and nuns.
Tantrayana, the path of transformation, ordains ♀ ngakmas & ♂ ngakpas.
Sutrayana, the path of renunciation, ordains monks and nuns.
Tantrayana, the path of transformation, ordains ♀ ngakmas & ♂ ngakpas.
According to scripture & tradition, the female ngakma ordination (formally superior to that of male monks) is unbroken for more than a thousand years. So talking about “efforts to restore full female ordination in Tibetan Buddhism” is somewhat nonsensical; offensive, even…
Scripture & tradition often lie. However, there’s unambiguous documentation of ngakmas going back at minimum decades before attempts began to revitalize the bhikshuni (full nun) ordination.
