Women in Buddhism |Part of a series on| |Women in Society| |Part
of a series on| Women in Buddhism is a topic that can be
approached from varied perspectives including those of theology,
history, anthropology and feminism. Topical interests include
the theological status of women, the treatment of women in
Buddhist societies at home and in public, the history of women
in Buddhism, and a comparison of the experiences of women across
different forms of Buddhism. As in other religions, the
experiences of Buddhist women have varied considerably. In the
case of Indo-Tibetan Buddhism some progress has been made in the
areas of women in early Buddhism, monasticism and Mahayana
Buddhism. Two articles have seriously broached the subject of
women in Indian tantric Buddhism, while somewhat more attention
has been paid to Tibetan nuns and lay yoginis. When there is a
talk about women and Buddhism, I have noticed that people often
regard the topic as something new and different. They believe
that women in Buddhism has bec