05 Ven. Dhammadinnā

Born poor in the time of Buddha Padumuttara, she offered her only cake to Ven. Sujāta, which led to her becoming a rich man’s daughter-in-law and aspiring to be foremost in expounding the Dhamma. She was later born as Princess Sudhammā, the sixth daughter of King Kikī. In her final life, she was the wife of Visākha in Rājagaha. When her husband became a Non-Returner and lived chastely, she not only understood but chose to become a nun herself. She swiftly became an Arahat. She then gave a profound Dhamma discourse to her former husband, Visākha, on topics including Nibbāna, which the Buddha later fully endorsed, declaring that he would have answered the same way, thus earning her the title of foremost in teaching the Dhamma.