what determines gender during rebirth ?
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most realms have gender unless u are talking abt deva realms with some with mind only at the 28 heavens .
what determines gender of some1 nt liberated from samsara ?
is there sexual equality in gaining enlightenment ? -
According to the Lotus Sutra, gender doesn't affect enlightement.Originally posted by goldevil:most realms have gender unless u are talking abt deva realms with some with mind only at the 28 heavens .
what determines gender of some1 nt liberated from samsara ?
is there sexual equality in gaining enlightenment ? -
Originally posted by goldevil:
Yes. All planes in the sensuous plane will have gender. Those in the jhana planes however, do not have gender.
most realms have gender unless u are talking abt deva realms with some with mind only at the 28 heavens .what determines gender of some1 nt liberated from samsara ?
I am not sure. Karma probably, and biological factors.is there sexual equality in gaining enlightenment ?
Yes. There are countless bodhisattvas and arhats since Buddha's times, who are female. In modern times I have seen many enlightened female practitioners and teachers who are female. My local dharma teacher is also female.
Everyone has a Buddha nature that is already complete, and our Buddha nature cannot be discriminated as male or female. It has no name, no gender, race, class, etc and all the concepts that we identify with. Everyone is equal in their Buddha Nature.
Platform Sutra
...I then went to pay homage to the Patriarch, and was asked where I came from and what I expected to get from him. I replied, "I am a commoner from Hsin Chou of Kwangtung. I have travelled far to pay you respect and I ask for nothing but Buddhahood." "You are a native of Kwangtung, a barbarian? How can you expect to be a Buddha?" asked the Patriarch. I replied, "Although there are northern men and southern men, north and south make no difference to their Buddha-nature. A barbarian is different from Your Holiness physically, but there is no difference in our Buddha-nature." He was going to speak further to me, but the presence of other disciples made him stop short. He then ordered me to join the crowd to work.
"May I tell Your Holiness," said I, "that Prajna (transcendental Wisdom) often rises in my mind. When one does not go astray from one's own Essence of Mind, one may be called the 'field of merits'.
I do not know what work Your Holiness would ask me to do." "This barbarian is too bright," he remarked. "Go to the stable and speak no more." I then withdrew myself to the back yard and was told by a lay brother to split firewood and to pound rice... -
what determines gender of some1 nt liberated from samsara ?
I think its quite simple.
If your mind is more towards "masculine" or "yang", you will become male.
If your mind is more towards "feminine" or "ying", you will become a female. -
taoism .....
my idol lao tzu
haha
i think karmic factors .
maybe if very lusty , then alway beo gals , nextime be gal let ppl beo .
maybe will plant a seed to be gal .
my frenz at poly go foodcourt beo gal then he will comment on figure ........
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Actually, I remember reading that during the process of rebirth, the rebirth consciousness's preference over father or mother has an effect on his latter gender.Originally posted by SoulDivine:I think its quite simple.
If your mind is more towards "masculine" or "yang", you will become male.
If your mind is more towards "feminine" or "ying", you will become a female.
I wonder if anyone knows about it. -
just guessing... what if it's the opposite attraction?
ie: when mind unwittingly "attracted to yang" then the rebirth is female and vice versa.
besides, the parents' generic and biological factors perform a significant part as well and with the infusion of the former perhaps in some cases result in people with special interest in the same sex gender ie: lesbian or homosexual.
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When a person attains full Buddhahood like Shakyamuni Buddha, he will appear as a male. But gender is not an issue for Buddhahood.Originally posted by goldevil:is there sexual equality in gaining enlightenment ?
~ Shen Kai Dao Shi Hong Fa Zhai Lu (1), Ven Shen Kai -
Originally posted by goldevil:
at the very moment of rebirth, attachment karma will lead one into rebirth.
what determines gender of some1 nt liberated from samsara ?
love for the mother and jealous of father during conceiving, you become male.
love for the father and jealous of mother during conceiving, you become female.
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