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Mugai Nyodai (, 1223–1298) was one of the first
Mugai Nyodai (, 1223–1298) was one of the first Zen
Zen (; from Chinese: ''Chán''; in Korean: ''Sŏn'', and Vietnamese: ''Thiền'') is a Mahayana Buddhist tradition that developed in China during the Tang dynasty by blending Indian Mahayana Buddhism, particularly Yogacara and Madhyamaka phil ...
abbesses and the first female Zen master in Japan. A disciple of Mugaku Sogen, she organized convents and spread the lessons of Rinzai
The Rinzai school (, zh, t=臨濟宗, s=临济宗, p=Línjì zōng), named after Linji Yixuan (Romaji: Rinzai Gigen, died 866 CE) is one of three sects of Zen in Japanese Buddhism, along with Sōtō and Ōbaku. The Chinese Linji school of ...
Zen. The only surviving written accounts of her life date to more recent centuries, and so many details of her biography are unclear.
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Further reading
* Tisdale, Sallie. ''Women of the Way: Discovering 2,500 Years of Buddhist Wisdom,'' HarperOne, 2006. {{DEFAULTSORT:Nyodai, Mugai 1223 births 1298 deaths Adachi clan Japanese Buddhist nuns 13th-century Buddhist nuns