IndividualIndividual wrote:Right here and now, yes. Aeons from now, in a human realm not unlike our own, possibly not.
Your view is contrary to the Buddha. The Buddha has said a woman cannot be a Sammasambuddha, either in the past or in the future.
I hold your post is irrelevent to the subject. Further, most female teachers have taken refuge in and reliance on a male master. There are some realised female teachers in Buddhism but most are just parrots for their master.Individual wrote:There are more female religious leaders in modern days than in the past, and in western countries than elsewhere. You should consider the possibility that cultural patriarchy and misogyny are impermanent.
The very reason you cite above is one of the reasons woman struggle to gain Arahantship, let alone Sammasambuddha. Dispassion and silence forms the foundation of enlightenment. The Buddha spoke the Dhamma perfectly. If you cannot discern it now you will not discern it in the future.Individual wrote:...which might be a woman, considering that women have larger portions of their brains devoted towards speech.
Best to work on our own discernment rather than hoping someone will save us.
Kind regards,
Element