# Is there any value to generating "great doubt" while meditating on text as recommended in Zen koan meditation? **URL:** \ **Category:** Meditation\ **Created:** [July 25, 2026, 8:35pm UTC](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/is-there-any-value-to-generating-great-doubt-while-meditating-on-text-as-recommended-in-zen-koan-meditation/2541 "2026-07-25T20:35:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 37
**Author:** ![RobertK](https://classicaltheravada.org/user_avatar/classicaltheravada.org/robertk/32/1498_2.png) [@RobertK](https://classicaltheravada.org/u/RobertK)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2026, 1:22am UTC](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/is-there-any-value-to-generating-great-doubt-while-meditating-on-text-as-recommended-in-zen-koan-meditation/2541/37 "2026-11-09T01:22:27Z")
> [@Nature](#): > > For example, what do you think about how Theravada views female practitioners? Bhikkhunis? Or the idea that women are not even qualified to become members of the Sangha simply because they are women, and must always bow down to male monastics? Welcome to the forum Nature! For discussions on Bhikkhuni please add to one of these threads or start a new one: > [@Garuka dhamma and Bhikkhuni ordination](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/garuka-dhamma-and-bhikkhuni-ordination/535): > > [https://suttacentral.net/an8.51/en/sujato?layout=sidebyside&reference=none¬es=sidenotes&highlight=false&script=latin](https://suttacentral.net/an8.51/en/sujato?layout=sidebyside&reference=none¬es=sidenotes&highlight=false&script=latin) \*\*\* Numbered Discourses 8.51Aṅguttara Nikāya 8.51\*\* \*\*\* 6. Gotamī6. Gotamīvagga\*\* Gotamī, if you accept eight principles of respect, that will be your ordination. “Sace kho tvaṁ, gotami, aṭṭha garudhamme paṭiggaṇheyyāsi, sāva te bhavissati upasampadā— A nun, even if she has been ordained for a hundred years, should bow down to a monk who was ordained that very day. She sh… > [@Why is Theravada Buddhism opposed to the revival of the Bhikkhuni order in Sri Lanka?](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/why-is-theravada-buddhism-opposed-to-the-revival-of-the-bhikkhuni-order-in-sri-lanka/1457): > > Please forgive me from the very outset of raising this question, as I have somewhat limited knowledge of the topic, and would like to illuminate this subject for myself. I appreciate all comments and feedback in advance, and welcome a thorough examination of the matter. Below are several bullet points that I would like to bring into the fold of this discussion, and offer some surface knowledge of the historical and contemporary context pertaining to it, in which I may be inaccurate at times: … For forum guidelines please read: > [@FAQ/Guidelines public](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/faq-guidelines-public/973): > > FAQ/Guidelines --- _[View the full topic](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/is-there-any-value-to-generating-great-doubt-while-meditating-on-text-as-recommended-in-zen-koan-meditation/2541)._