What is the significance of Buddha nature being described as more like a woman than a man?

Someone has asked: Buddha, Mahavira, Krishna, Jesus, Mohammed, Lao Tzu, Rajneesh—meaning, all men! Then why has no woman ever carried the news of Buddhahood to the world? Is becoming a bodhisattva harder from a woman’s point of view?

Many things have to be understood in this regard. First, woman and man are fundamentally different. Different does not mean higher or lower; they are equal, but opposite. Neither is above, neither below. Equal—but polar opposites. And their polarity is essential; from the union of these two opposites, birth happens and the current of life flows. Because they are opposite there is attraction; because they are opposite there is also love and there is conflict. Love, because there is attraction; conflict, because they are opposite. Between woman and man there can never be a final reconciliation—nor can there be. Their polarity creates a pull, and the same polarity creates attraction. Man is incomplete without woman; woman is incomplete without man. Man wants to be whole with woman; woman wants to be whole with man. To be whole alone is very difficult—until the inner journey begins, one goes on seeking outer…

If you understand Buddha’s life, you will find in it the kind of femininity that sometimes becomes available in the very finest women—the same delicate feeling. Call it compassion, but if you look deeply you will see: that compassion is the shadow, the accompaniment, of a new woman being born within Buddha. In Mahavira you will find it as nonviolence. Whenever a man becomes liberated you will suddenly find a profound feminine sweetness entering his life. All the qualities Farid praised—patience, modesty—these are feminine qualities. Modesty is feminine, very delicate. And patience—endurance—is a feminine gift. Men have no patience. Man is restless, always in a hurry. If men had to raise children the world would soon be childless—there isn’t enough patience. If men had to carry pregnancy, the world would be full only of abortions—no man would agree to sustain a pregnancy—who can wait nine months?

Question: MY HEART DRESS YOURSELF IN THE SPIRIT OF ALL WOMEN AND REVERSE YOUR NATURE AND HABITS. MILLIONS OF SUNS WILL BURST OPEN WITH BRILLIANCE AND THE FORMLESS IN VISUAL FORMS. YOU WILL SEE WHAT CANNOT BE SEEN ONLY IF YOU CAN BE He was seeking for six years; he tried the male-oriented approach. He was a warrior, the son of a great king, trained in the ways of war and fight and struggle. It was natural for him to seek God. He tried, he tried hard. He went from one Master to another, and he was so sincere that no Master could say to him, "You are not doing right, that's why you are not reaching." He was so sincere in his effort that all the teachers told him, "This is all we can say to you. And if it is not happening, then find some other Master.

Beloved Osho, lao tzu described buddha nature to be more like a woman than a man -- which makes the story of meeting the buddha on the path and killing him highly suspect. In other words, suppose I meet her on the path? Osho, this surely spells trouble. Any suggestions?

Milarepa, as far as you are concerned, if a buddha -- as a woman -- meets you on the way, your job is easier. You are a great ladykiller. So kill her lovingly -- what is the problem in it? Lao Tzu has made things very easy for you. It is true that all great qualities are feminine -- love, compassion, sympathy, kindness. All these qualities have a flavor of the feminine. There are male qualities, qualities of the warrior, courage. They are hard qualities, one has to be like steel. Because man's qualities have developed through war, and female qualities have developed at home, in the garden of love, with the husband and children -- she has lived in a totally different world. Man has lived continuously fighting. In three thousand years there have been five thousand wars on the earth -- as if killing is man's only profession.…

First. Lao Tzu takes the feminine—the feminine mind—to be more original, more foundational. Man is secondary. Throughout the world man has been considered primary, woman secondary. First, this point must be understood rightly; for the whole history of humankind has been built contrary to Lao Tzu. All civilizations have proceeded by taking man as primary and woman as secondary. Lao Tzu holds that woman is primary, man secondary. And today science also stands in support of Lao Tzu. For science too says that, in the mother’s womb, all embryos are primarily feminine. The journey begins in the womb as feminine for all. Then some embryos set out on a different journey—toward the masculine. But the beginning of all is feminine. The second point to understand is that man is born from woman. Hence, he can only be secondary; he cannot be primary.