2009年9月10日 · Mahavira himself, whose life shows Jains the way to liberation, set an example of total nudity that Digambaras believe monks should follow. Since women are not allowed to be naked in public...

Indeed, while Jain monks are meant to control their sexual desires via their ascetic practices, the Sūtṛakrtāṅga-sūtra details how "a woman will tempt [a monk] to a comfortable couch or bed" by seductive means. [13]

Among the Digambaras, where the place of women is always more inferior than among other Jain orders, a nun – āryikā – is initiated by a monk and traditionally becomes a member of a male mendicant ’s ‘lineage’.

2010年1月5日 · This article surveys early monastic codebooks, interrogates popular stories and other Jain literature in an attempt to unpack the related construction of gender and sexuality, which heavily influenced ideas of women's capability for renunciation.

Jain Monks and Nuns (Sadhu And Sadhvi) When a person renounces the worldly life and all the attachments, and is initiated into monkshood or nunhood, the man is called Sadhu, Shraman or Muni and the woman is called Sadhvi, Shramani, or Aryā renunciation is total which means they are completely detached from the social and worldly

Monks and nuns form two elements of the traditional fourfold community of Jainism, along with lay men and lay women. The proportion of mendicants to lay people is very small. Nuns always outnumber monks in traditional statistics for the communities founded by the Jinas, at …

2024年12月3日 · The two main sects or branches of Jainism that emerged after Mahāvīr’s death are the Digambar (“sky-clad”) and the Śvetāmbar (“white-clad”), the former asserting that monks must renounce clothing and that women must be reborn as men before they can achieve mokṣa, and the latter arguing that both these assertions are false.

2024年11月17日 · Jain monks, known as sadhus (for men) and sadhvis (for women), live a life of discipline, renunciation, and spiritual purity. Jainism, one of the world’s oldest religions, emphasizes non-violence (ahimsa), simplicity, and detachment.

2023年7月5日 · Both men and women can choose to live as ascetics (monks and nuns) and renounce worldly attachments. Jain nuns, known as sadhvis, have played significant roles in the Jain community and...

An overview of various issues connected with the question of women in the frame of Jainism in history and in the contemporary world can be found in Nalini Balbir's "Women in Jainism," in Women in Indian Religions, edited by Arvind Sharma.