Mugai Nyodai (Japanese: 無外如大, 1223–1298), was one of the first Zen abbesses and the first female Zen master in Japan. A disciple of Mugaku Sogen, she organized...
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Myōshinji] is based on election, each elected period lasting four years". Mugai Nyodai (1223 – 1298 CE), of Japan, was the first female Zen master in Japan...
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of the Kanezawa branch of the Hōjō clan. He may have been married to Mugai Nyodai. He was born to Hōjō Saneyasu in 1224. As his talent was discovered by...
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college. The first female Zen master in Japan was the Japanese abbess Mugai Nyodai (born 1223 - died 1298). In 1872, the Japanese government issued an edict...
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century: The first female Zen master in Japan was the Japanese abbess Mugai Nyodai (1223–1298). 1880: Madame Blavatsky and Colonel Olcott became the first...
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Munetaka and studied poetry and other subjects. He may have married Mugai Nyodai, but that is disputed, with some believing she was married to Hōjō Sanetoki...
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(b. 1210) Lourenço Soares de Valadares, Portuguese nobleman (b. 1230) Mugai Nyodai, Japanese nun, abbess and Zen Master (b. 1223) Otto V (the Tall), German...
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woman. In the Mahayana tradition during the 13th century, the Japanese Mugai Nyodai became the first female Zen master in Japan. However, the bhikkhuni ordination...
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Sogen. And so, he appointed Mugaku Sogen chief priest of Engaku-ji. "Mugai Nyodai, Zishou Miaozong 資壽妙總; 1095–1170. First Woman to Head a Zen Order – Buddhism"...
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century The first female Zen master in Japan was the Japanese abbess Mugai Nyodai (born 1223 – died 1298). 17th century: Asenath Barzani is considered...
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