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{{Short description|Zen Buddhist teacher}} | |||
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While Prajñātārā has generally been assumed to be male and is listed among the Chan Patriarchs (all of whom are male), 20th | While Prajñātārā has generally been assumed to be male and is listed among the Chan Patriarchs (all of whom are male), 20th century Buddhist practitioners have suggested that Prajñātārā might have been a woman.<ref name=Lionsroar>[https://www.lionsroar.com/who-was-prajnatara/ Who Was Prajnatara?]</ref> The ordination name Prajñātārā combines the names of two female Buddhist deities or Bodhisattva, [[Prajnaparamita]] and [[Tara (Buddhism)|Tara]]. | ||
In 2008, Rev. Koten Benson suggested that Prajñātārā might have been a woman and was the head of the [[Sarvastivadin]] order.<ref name=Benson>{{cite journal|last1=Benson|first1=Koten|title=Prajñatara: Bodhidharma's Master|journal=Sakyadhita|date=Summer 2008|volume=16|issue=2|url=http://sakyadhita.org/docs/resources/newsletters/16-2-2008.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Austin, Shoshan Victoria|year=2012|title=Receiving the Marrow|chapter=The True Human Body|editor=Carney, Eido Frances|publisher=Temple Ground Press|isbn=978-0985565107|page=148}}</ref><!-- not a valid ISBN in most databases, but this is the number on the book, at Amazon.com, and the publisher http://olympiazencenter.org/home/temple_ground_press --> He claims that oral traditions in [[Kerala]] and the [[Korean Seon]] (Korean Zen Buddhism) tradition identify Prajñātārā as female, and that archaeological evidence from southern India confirms the existence of famous female teachers.<ref name=Benson/> | In 2008, Rev. Koten Benson suggested that Prajñātārā might have been a woman and was the head of the [[Sarvastivadin]] order.<ref name=Benson>{{cite journal|last1=Benson|first1=Koten|title=Prajñatara: Bodhidharma's Master|journal=Sakyadhita|date=Summer 2008|volume=16|issue=2|url=http://sakyadhita.org/docs/resources/newsletters/16-2-2008.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Austin, Shoshan Victoria|year=2012|title=Receiving the Marrow|chapter=The True Human Body|editor=Carney, Eido Frances|publisher=Temple Ground Press|isbn=978-0985565107|page=148}}</ref><!-- not a valid ISBN in most databases, but this is the number on the book, at Amazon.com, and the publisher http://olympiazencenter.org/home/temple_ground_press --> He claims that oral traditions in [[Kerala]] and the [[Korean Seon]] (Korean Zen Buddhism) tradition identify Prajñātārā as female, and that archaeological evidence from southern India confirms the existence of famous female teachers.<ref name=Benson/> | ||