Mugai Nyodai

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 convents and spread the lessons of Rinzai Zen. The only surviving written accounts of her life date to more recent centuries, and so many details of her biography are unclear.

References

Further reading

• Tisdale, Sallie. Women of the Way: Discovering 2,500 Years of Buddhist Wisdom, HarperOne, 2006. ISBN 978-0-06-059816-7

1. Zen master
2. Women in Japan
3. Kanezawa Sanetoki
4. Women in Buddhism
5. Hōjō Akitoki
6. Ordination of women
7. Timeline of women in religion
8. Bhikkhunī
9. 1298
10. 1223
11. Mugaku Sogen
12. 1220s
13. 1290s
14. Timeline of Buddhism
15. Kakusan-ni