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Are there benefits for transgenders

When I was reading a book called “The Seven Kannon Sutras,” there was something I was concerned about, so I would like to ask you a question.

“Senju Sengen Kanzeon Bosatsu Hirodae, Perfect, and Immaculate Heart Dharani Sutra” says, “If any woman abhors a woman's body and wants to become a man's body, and if she recites Daijishin Dharani chapter, if she doesn't turn into a man's body, then I swear I won't be right.” There was that.

According to the “Eleven-faced Kanzeon Bosatsu Sutra: Tokudara Sutra,” “If you have a woman, wish to abandon her body, and recite this curse, you will turn into a woman and become a man, and the place where you live will always be in front of the Buddha, and you will not be transformed into a lotus flower.” There was that.

Is there any benefit for transgenders by reciting these Dharani?
Also, both are written about FtM (female → male), but can the same be said for MtF (male → female)?

I would appreciate your answers.
Thank you for your support.

4 Zen Responses

Extracted Yoraku

Hello.

This is the basic part before the sutras, but is the Senju Sengen Kannon Bosatsu in the title of the sutra a man or woman?

It's just my personal impression of living in Reiwa, but I've been told that the world of Buddhism is a world where there is no obsession with gender differences.
(If you have an obsession, it's not something you've learned)

If you wish for something of the opposite sex that cannot be compensated for by the physical gender differences between men and women at birth, I thought it would also be possible to have it come true.

That is, if there is a distinction between male → female and female → male, then I am unaware (there is no distinction), and I have received that even if a person takes a transgender person, that person's own dignity does not change.
(I'm in a position where if you take a disability from someone with a disability, nothing remains, and your dignity remains the same.)

Also, rather than profit at the end of the transition, I think of benefits that remove the original source of suffering, such as mental and physical incongruity or conflict, which would have been the source of wishes for transformation (transformation) in the first place.

The way we receive Buddhist teachings changes depending on the region, era, and the concerns that ascetic monks have.

Nonetheless, there is no change in the fact that it is a sutra where we hope to be rewarded and saved.

to a body that will not produce offspring in the next life

According to Elder Albomulle Sumanasara (Telawada Buddhism), which I read before, “In the definition of Buddhism, a woman is a “living entity that creates descendants and the next generation.” There was that.
Organisms that produce offspring alone without mating are also “women.”
If this definition is applied, it may be understood that not being a woman is an environment where it is easy to concentrate on Buddhist practice without being attached to descendants.
Also, “metamorphosis in lotus” means not being born from parents or eggs, but magically appearing from lotus flowers.
The scriptures say that everyone who passes away in the Pure Land of Paradise was born this way.
In other words, they will be born from lotus in the next life,
Doesn't it mean that I'm no longer a woman at that time (I can practice monasticism freely without being attached to my descendants)?
It's just my personal interpretation.

The benefits of Dharani

Poposama

The purpose of the benefits of Dharani is for Buddhist devotion.

Is it OK to recite Hōkyō Indharani?
https://hasunoha.jp/questions/49614

How we should receive the blessings of Dharani in order to practice Buddhism is important.

Also, most of the explanations about the benefits of Dharani are an afterthought for future generations, and the aspect of emphasizing worldly benefits (to attract interest) has become stronger, but originally, it is based on Buddhist devotion as a premise, and it plays a role in encouraging it.

As I work hard on Buddhism, I would like to receive Dharani's help as well.

Kawaguchi Hidetoshi Gassho

Transcending the gender of men and women is a merit of being transgender

There is a commandment called the Unholy Fornication Precepts in Zenmon.
This also means that we must not commit sexual desires that go against the path of men and women, but in the deep sense of Buddhism, it means that we must not raise opinions about men and women in the first place.
The eye sees things, but there is no distinction between men and women; they look at things themselves.
Our ears can hear both male and female voices exactly like that.
The nose also smells, but there is no gender difference between men and women.
Men and women may have preferences, but even so, I feel the scent “just right.”
Your sense of taste should taste the same if you eat the same ramen. There is no difference in taste between men and women.
My senses also feel rough when I touch something rough. Both men and women feel rough when they touch a cat's tongue. (lol) 😼👅✋💦
Since the mind has the function of separating, distinguishing, classifying, and dividing things themselves, differences simply recognize different things as differences. Facts are facts. Names, divisions, classifications, and sorting are something we will understand later.
However, Buddhism is a world before opinion.
I was also with the nun at the Shikekai workshop and talked about it together, but when people who understand talk to each other, there are no such things as men and women. I've forgotten it. Forgetting to say here means not being able to see it.
Everyone has had the experience of forgetting the separation between men and women at festivals, sports days, games, etc. There are probably people who say men and women anyway, but even such people should know the fact that communication is carried out forgetting men and women. If you look at such places, in the first place, most people actually forget that men and women, LGBT, and transgenders “until” they “establish” a sense of separation between men and women. Most of the time, we live our lives without knowing it.
It is a form of Buddhism where Mr. Daruma explained how he becomes “unaware” of who he is. Don't use what you know. Don't use knowledge. I don't form opinions. A place where mindfulness and discernment are not made mainstream.
Please take a close look at what is facing to the left.
At that time, you became male and female or even transgendered, and the thing itself was simply projected just like that, freed, forgotten, dropped out, and penetrated your gender.
This is how Buddhism transcends gender. The merits of Kannon. It is the merit of being free.
If we keep in mind the power of Kannon, we can find our true self freed from right and wrong, both men and women.