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| The Role of Women in Korean Indigenous Religion and Buddhism | ||
| 作者 | Hahn, Myung-hee |
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| 出版日期 | 1995.03 |
| 頁次 | 292 |
| 出版者 | California Institute of Integral Studies |
| 出版者網址 | http://www.ciis.edu/ |
| 出版地 | San Francisco, CA, US [舊金山, 加利福尼亞州, 美國] |
| 資料類型 | 博碩士論文=Thesis and Dissertation |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 學位類別 | 博士 |
| 校院名稱 | California Institute of Integral Studies |
| 畢業年度 | 1995 |
| 關鍵詞 | Women's Studies; Korean Religion; Korean Buddhism |
| 摘要 | The focus of this research is to present and to analyze the role of women in Korean indigenous religion and Buddhism. The most important aspect of Korean indigenous culture was based on their mythology and indigenous religions, in which the important images of worship, as well as the totemic ancestors of the clans became associated with female deities, and influenced the history and well-being of the Korean people. Two important aspects of Korean Shamanism were the pantheon, which included both male and female deities, and the practitioners, which were mostly women. Korean female shamans were considered to have special abilities to commune with spirits. Worship of the Taoist goddess Hsi-wang-mu who represented the feminine ideal of the bestowing of salvation to all people, became important for Koreans. The worship of the related Buddhist goddess of salvation, Kuan-Yin became the model for all Korean women striving to become Bodhisattvas. Silla Kingdom, in which Korean indigenous culture and religion were well established, produced three women rulers (kings). Buddhist women were equal to men in most aspects. Sakyamuni Buddha acknowledged that women have the potential to attain nirvana and enlightenment. Buddha's acceptance of the Order of Buddhist nuns was the point of transition for ordained Buddhist women to attain religious freedom, to achieve Arahatship, and to renounce societal second class citizenship. Three Korean Buddhist masters, Wonhyo, Chinul, and Sot'aesan, in different eras of Korean history, together developed a truly unique Korean indigenous Buddhism, by emphasizing an all-encompassing, integral, harmonious religious way (Tao). They emphasized an egalitarian philosophy which reached out to all people regardless of gender, class distinction, education, or moral values. Sot'aesan established Won Buddhism, which integrated Korean indigenous thought with Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism. Sot'aesan reached out to Korean women and empowered them to end discrimination. He allowed women to become ordained women ministers equal in religious power with men. Won Buddhist women clergy participate equally with men in religious work, are qualified to be elected as members of Suwyidan, the supreme constitutional governing body, and to be elected as the prime minister. |
| 點閱次數 | 356 |
| 更新日期 | 2016.05.10 |
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