#buddhist women

[v-4-l-0-n]

Friendly reminder that if your feminism doesn’t include woc, queer women, trans women, disabled women, women of any religion, or sex workers then your “feminism” is shit <3

#val speakz #feminism #women of color #woc #wlw #sapphic #lgbtq #trans #transgender #disabled women #disability #muslim women #christian women #pagan women #jewish women #buddhist women #sex work is work #terfs fuck off #radfems fuck off

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

from Sakyadhita Canada Association of Buddhist Women "Spirit of the Solstice" by Maxine Noel, Sioux.

[Red Pine (translator) :: Bill Porter (author)]

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“Look: this is January the worst onslaught is ahead of us Don't be lured by these soft grey afternoons these sunsets cut from pink and violet tissue-paper by the thought the days are lengthening Don't let the solstice fool you: our lives will always be a stew of contradictions the worst moment of winter can come in April when the peepers are stubbornly still and our bodies plod on without conviction and our thoughts cramp down before the sheer arsenal of everything that tries us: this battering, blunt-edged life”

― Adrienne Rich, Your Native Land, Your Life

#solstice #Maxine Noel #Sakyadhita #Buddhist Women #Spirit of the Solstice #Red Pine #Bill Porter #poem #poetry #Adrienne Rich

[jareckiworld]

Irene Chou (Zhou Lüyun, 1924-2011) — Blooming [ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll, ca. 1990]

#Irene Chou #chinese art #buddhist art #women painters #道

[comradekatara]

older yangchen i guess

#or maybe its just some random air nun. idk #id in alt text #avatar the last airbender #atla #yangchen #the dawn of yangchen #art #mart #ive never understood why the female air nuns arent also bald #like. for what reason #it's just sexism. #buddhist nuns dont have hair! why would the women air nomads have hair!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[divinum-pacis]

Central to the nuns’ identity is their proficiency in martial arts. Jigme Rupa (all nuns’ names are prefixed with Jigme) uses a sword to practise her skills outside the main temple. Among the eight ‘mystical’ weapons that can be used in martial arts, Rupa says her favourite is a sword.

Photograph by Skanda Gautam

#religion #buddhism #tibetan buddhism #buddhists #nuns #women #people #martial arts #nepal #divinum-pacis

[akkivee]

base meme would have suited fine but i think this was a bit more accurate LOL

#this is vee speaking #POPULAR WITH MEN KUUKOU 🙌 #THE GIRLIES THINK HES A FUNKY LITTLE GUY (SAFE) 🙌 #that ask i got about what makes kuukou attractive in that universe was so interesting i’m so serious lol #like!!!!! based on what hypmic presents us i’d say the ones popular with women are the ones who get girls screaming their names like idols #like ramuda hifumi and jyushi!!!!! and samatoki and ichiro that one time in tdd iirc!!!!!! #tdd manga also had girls fawning over nmcd so there is that in the camp kuukou does have appeal to girls in that sense #but it’s funny to me in canon we’ve seen kuukou flocked by men old people and children LOL #that reminds me of this one comic i read where bat were out in the town but jyushi and hitoya wanted to stop somewhere else i think #so kuukou waited for them outside and as he waited he slipped into meditation reciting buddhist prayers #when jyushi and hitoya came back they found him still chanting still in that deep state of mind #but passerbys had given him offerings and an old lady was praying to KUUKOU offering her thanks LOL #c: kuukou👑

[crazyfox-archives]

A painting of morning glories (朝顔), one panel among many of the “Flower Mandala” ceiling mural gracing the Lotus Mansion (蓮華殿) at Daikakuji Temple (大覚寺) in Kyoto, completed by Hisa Miwo (比佐水音) in February 2017

Photo by Atelier Horn (アトリエ穂音) on December 20, 2017

#buddhist temple #京都 #kyoto #大覚寺 #daikakuji #真言宗 #shingon #japanese art #比佐水音 #hisa miwo #women artists #華曼荼羅 #hana mandara #朝顔 #asagao #morning glory #morning glories

[brettesims]

Slow down, look up!

Slowing down is medicine.

This week I’ve been trying to remind myself not to rush. So often we can get unconsciously stuck on this westernized and very capitalistic conveyer belt and always feel like we need to be doing something or going somewhere. This week I’ve been reminding myself to breathe, slow down, look up and smell the roses and to be as present as possible! It’s pulled me off this false sense of needing to rush for anything or anyone. I am only ever in completion with myself anyway preforming for an audience of one in divine self love!

~ B

#artbybrette #quotes #quote #women #consciousness #conscious flow #flowers #nature #nature photography #slow down #zen #buddhist #buddhism #buddha quotes #self love #walk #nature walk

[iamabuddha]

"Women carry negative imprints about themselevs as inferior spiritual beings that date back several thousand years. Many male theologians have interpreted the creation story in Genisis to blame the origins of human suffering on Eve, the primordial mother. [...] All the nuances of this famous story - its connections to aspects of Goddess worship from those times, the symbolic meaning of the development of human consciousness, and completely different interpretations by feminist theologians and Hebrew scholars - were buried until the last few decades when new interpretations were offered by feminist Christian and Hebrew scholars.

In the modern secular world, psychology has placed most responisibilty for children's emotional ills at the feet of the mother. The Buddhist tradition, since its early beginnings, has included the idea that women were unworthy or incapable of attaining enlightenment. The Tibetan language reflects this belief: the literal translation of the word for woman, kye-men, means "of low birth." Societal views of women as lesser beings have caused insurmountable obstacles for all but the most dedicated and extraordinary women to develop in their spiritual efforts or their daily lives.

In many Asian countries, the old beliefs prevail and continue to negatively affect women's lives. In Western cultures, women have been exposed to very few images of the Feminine Divine and have had to search for models of serious women practiotioners or spiritual leaders. Stories of remarkable women often remained untold until feminist scholarship unearthed them from the shadows."

- PhD Rachael Wooten, Tara - The Liberating Power of the Female Buddha

#rachael wooten #tara - the liberating power of the female buddha #buddhism #tara #green tara #female buddhist practitioners #feminism #women #imprints #unworthiness imprint #collective imprints #generational imprints #books #quotes #patriarchy #spiritual women

[tellingittash]

Religious Studies Term Of The Day: Theravada

#religiousstudies #religious studies #religion #religiousliteracy #religions #women and religious traditions #leona m anderson #pamela dicky young #oxford #Eva k neumaier #buddhism #buddhist #buddhist wisdom #buddhist teachings #theravada buddhism #theravada #teaching #teaching of the elder #sri lanka #myanmar #factsdaily #fun facts #factoftheday #amazing facts

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Wild Woman riding a Unicorn, 1475 by a German artist known as Master of the Amsterdam Cabinet

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So What Is the Take-Away Point About the Unicorn?

Everyone wants to use happiness as a fix for problems, yet happiness is its own, very big thing, and it is selling happiness short to make it a fix for problems. To be happy is to experience life not as a series of struggles but as a gift, one that has no known limit. This doesn’t mean ignoring your difficulties: it means not assuming that they are what you think they are. If you throw away everything you believe about your difficulties you will notice that many of them disappear and the rest become interesting.

When you get the hang of being more interested in life than in agreeing with your thoughts, then you will get the life you get. And you will be able to have as much happiness as you want with almost no effort whatsoever. When you stop believing your thoughts, you look around just for you, just because it is interesting to look around. Some people call that enlightenment. But you won’t call it that. You’ll be too interested in the new view. And you’ll notice that wherever you look there will be nothing but those damned unicorns.

– John Tarrant

Note: This article was first published under the title, The Paradox of Happiness, in Shambhala Sun, January 2004.

#women #woman #Wild woman #Master of the Amsterdam Cabinet #happiness #unicorn #John tarrant #Shambhala Sun #buddhist #Buddha #enlightenment #interested in life

[jareckiworld]

Irene Chou (Zhou Lüyun, 1924-2011) — Untitled [ink, colour, on paper, hanging scroll, 1991]

#Irene Chou #chinese art #buddhist art #women painters #道

[divinum-pacis]

The 350 women of the Drukpa dragon order are highly skilled in martial arts, which they practice six days a week. They also help the sick, rescue animals, pick up litter and can rewire a temple.

Above, fans are employed as part of the ritual in front of the statue. The fans look harmless but can be equipped with a blade for self-defense.

Photograph by Skanda Gautam

#religion #buddhism #tibetan buddhism #buddhists #nuns #women #people #martial arts #nepal #divinum-pacis

[akkivee]

this artistic rendition of kiyohime makes me happy lmao

#vee queued to fill the void #so like i’ve been thinking #what if kuukou and jyushi’s speakers carry that ominous chuuoku pink because it’s an allusion to the women in their lives?? #like pink at this point is synonymous to women in this series lol #eg ​ramuda being a chuuoku spy honobono with her pink hair flaunts her femininity #like i mentioned forever ago ​jyushi’s speakers are of a graveyard with amanda as the protective angel #and jyushi’s grandma *gestures* yeah you know #so then we have kuukou’s 🤔 #while i’m still of the opinion his speakers also are a manifestation of himself with the buddhist concepts of wisdom and compassion #maybe similar to the kiyohime story where she trapped the monk in the bell #there’s a lady who had a huge influence in kuukou’s life he’s keeping very close to heart??? #like kiyohime flew into a rage and turned into a dragon to chase her love (and kill him for leaving her lol) #kuukou the dragon of bad ass temple just might be of a similar mindset but i think that person probably left him for good (abandoned? 🤔) #and with the pink i’d assume it was a woman #hhhhhhhhhh there’s still more connections between his a jyushi’s speakers i wanna make (GHOSTS!!!!!! SPIRITS!!!!!!!! WHY ARE WORDS HARD!!!! #but i need to like sort them out in my brain better lol #c: kuukou👑

[implixetdawn]

When I’m a tattoo artist I will refuse to tattoo any sort of cultural appropriation… especially on middle age white women they are the worst for it

#a lady came in the other day and told me all about her budda tattoo she wanted #when I asked if she was Buddhist she obviously said no #I have coworkers that have native women tattooed with dreamcatchers that no absolutely nothing about the culture other then the aesthetics #if you want something like that get it from someone from that culture #or just don’t? it’s not your culture it’s not sacred to you #why do you need to put it on your skin forever if it means nothing other then it’s looks #to you #this in: another white woman complains about the activities of other white women #I know but it’s just a big problem with tattoos #there’s a big difference between respecting and appreciating something and appropriating and taking advantage of it

[fromthemoonseyes]

The silence knows all. The silence heals all.

#photography #yogini #dakini #buddhist #black and white #monochrome #divine feminine #healing #spiritualjourney #love #artists on tumblr #contemplative photography #yoga #meditation #mudra #spiritual development #inspiration #muse #angel #women artists #kundalini #soul connection #prana #life force #artoftheday #embodiment