The woman who raised the Buddha : the extraordinary life of Mahāprajāpatī / Wendy Garling.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Garling, Wendy, author.

Contributor:

ProQuest ebook central.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mahāpajāpātī Gotamī.

Gautama Buddha--Family.

Gautama Buddha.

Buddhist women--Biography.

Buddhist women.

Families.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 256 pages.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colorado : Shambhala, [2021]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Mahaprajapati was the only mother the Buddha ever knew. His birth mother, Maya, died shortly after childbirth, and her sister Mahaprajapati took the infant to her breast, nurturing and raising him into adulthood. While there is a lot of ambiguity overall in the Buddha's biography, this detail remains consistent across all Buddhist traditions and literature. In this first full biography of Mahaprajapati, The Woman Who Raised the Buddha presents her life story, with attention to her early years as sister, queen, matriarch, and mother, as well as her later years as a nun. Drawing from story fragments and canonical records, Wendy Garling reveals just how exceptional Mahaprajapati's role was as leader of the first generation of Buddhist women, helping the Buddha establish an equal community of lay and monastic women and men. Mother to the Buddha, mother to early Buddhist women, mother to the Buddhist faith, Mahaprajapati's journey is finally presented as one interwoven with the founding of Buddhism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780834843530

0834843536

Publisher Number:

40030462727

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.