Views on Women: Buddhism

1. What belief is considered strict and most conservative?

   

•      a. Confucianism

• b.Mahayana

•    c. Taoism

• d. Theravada

2.   In Mahayana, women are believed to:

• A. have equal spiritual potential

• B. be spiritually weak

•  C. avoid religious life

• D. be less capable than men

3. The main difference between Mahayana and Theravada about women becoming enlightened is:

• A. Mahayana women can become Buddhas;Theravada – women cannot become Buddhas

• B.  Mahayana women cannot become Buddhas;Theravada – women can become Buddhas

• C. Both A & B

• D. None of the above

 4. A major similarities between Mahayana and Theravada regarding women is that:

• A. both are advocating everyone for gender equality

• B. both forbid women from religious leadership

• C. both teach that women are spiritually inferior

• D. both reject female monastic communities

5. Why is gender equality important in religious and social contexts?

• A. It allows only men to lead

• B. It ensures that all people are treated fairly and with respect

• C. It limits opportunities for women

• D. It creates competition between genders