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>>44873829
If she followed zen she would have shaved her head.

>>43554292
Shouldn't Shou and Byakuren have shaven heads according to Buhddist tradition?

All Buddhist traditions have nuns, although their status is different among Buddhist countries. The Buddha is reported to have allowed women into the sangha only with great reluctance, predicting that the move would lead to Buddhism's collapse after 500 years, rather than the 1,000 years it would have enjoyed otherwise.

According to the Buddhist Canon, women are as capable of reaching nirvana as men. However according to the scriptural account, not only did the Buddha lay down more rules of discipline for the bhikkhunis (311 compared to the bhikkhu's 227 in the Theravada version), he also made it more difficult for them to be ordained, and made them subordinate to monks.