Khema (Pali: Khemā; Sanskrit: Kṣemā) was a Buddhist bhikkhuni, or nun, who was one of the top female disciples of the Buddha. [3][4] She is considered the first of the Buddha's two chief female disciples, along with Uppalavanna. [5][6] Khema was born into the royal family of the ancient Kingdom of Madra, and was the wife of King Bimbisara of the...

2024年2月3日 · Khema’s deep understanding of the subtle issues in her teaching was illustrative of her great wisdom and this was, at least in the Khemasutta, acknowledged not only by her male interlocutor but also by the Buddha himself. Today Khema continues to be esteemed in the Theravada Buddhist tradition as a bhikkhuni of great wisdom. She is considered ...

With his psychic powers, the Buddha created the image of a most beautiful young lady about the age of sixteen standing by his side and fanning him. Khema gasped in wonder at her beauty and rolled her eyes in admiration for the girl. “Oh, look at her finely shaped nose, her mouth, her arms and fingers,” thought Khema.

It was the saintly Khema, who was famed everywhere for her wisdom and known to be clever, possessing deep insight, had heard much Dhamma, and was a speaker of renown, knowing always the right retort. Thereupon the king went to the former Queen, greeted her with respect and had the following conversation with her:

Like Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī, and indeed all the nuns singled out in these stories, Khemā’s story begins at the time of the Buddha Padumuttara, who was the 13th of the 28 most recent Buddhas culminating in our Gotama Buddha.

Rather than disturb the Buddha, Khema wheeled round in the air and disappeared. Sakka on seeing the vision was soon enlightened of the matter by the Buddha. The Buddha addressing the monks and the laity, declared that Khema of his female disciples was …

So the discourse throws new light on our understanding of these difficult questions, and rightly Arahat Khemā was placed at the foremost levels of great wisdom, through her profound understanding of these deep questions and her exposition of their meaning,

讖摩（巴利語： Khema ），又譯為差摩，釋迦牟尼弟子，證阿羅漢果。釋迦牟尼稱讚她是比丘尼中智慧第一 [1] ，在比丘尼眾中的地位，等同於比丘眾中的舍利弗。

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Khema (Skt. Kṣemā; P. Khemā; T. Dge ma དགེ་མ་; C. Anwen) was a bhikkhuni, or nun, who was one of the top female disciples of the Buddha. According to tradition, the Buddha declared her his female disciple foremost in wisdom .