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Buddha’s foster mother played a key role in the orphaned prince’s life – and is a model for Buddhists on Mother’s Day

  • Written by Megan Bryson, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, University of Tennessee
Buddha’s foster mother played a key role in the orphaned prince’s life – and is a model for Buddhists on Mother’s DayPrince Siddhartha with his foster mother Mahaprajapati.A 1910 painting by Maligawage Sarlis. Photo by MediaJet, 2009 via Wikimedia Commons

Mother’s Day offers an opportunity to reflect on what motherhood means in different religions and cultures. As a scholar of Buddhism and gender, I know how complicated Buddhist attitudes toward mothers...

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