Korean Buddhist Nuns and Laywomen

Enduring Vitality, Hidden Histories

Description

Uncovering hidden histories, this book focuses on Korean Buddhist nuns and laywomen from the fourth century to the present. Today, South Korea's Buddhist nuns have a thriving monastic community under their own control, and they are well known as meditation teachers and social service providers. However, little is known of the women who preceded them. Using primary sources to reveal that which has been lost, forgotten, or willfully ignored, this work reveals various figures, milieux, and activities of female adherents, clerical and lay. Contributors consider examples from the early days of Buddhism in Korea during the Three Kingdoms and Unified Silla periods (first millennium CE); the Koryŏ period (982–1392), when Buddhism flourished as the state religion; the Chosŏn period (1392–1910), when Buddhism was actively suppressed by the Neo-Confucian Court; and the contemporary resurgence of female monasticism that began in the latter part of the twentieth century.
Foreword
Robert E. Buswell

Preface

1. Introduction
Eun-su Cho

2. Female Buddhist Practice in Korea—A Historical Account
Eun-su Cho

3. Male SÆn Masters’ Views on Female Disciples in Later KoryÆ
Young Mi Kim

4. KoryÆ Ladies and the Encouragement of Buddhism in Yuan China
Tonino Puggioni

5. Two Female Masters of Two Eras: Differences and Commonalities in Roles
Heung-sik Heo (translated by John Jorgensen)

6. Marginalized and Silenced: Buddhist Nuns of the ChosÆn Period
John Jorgensen

7. Buddhist Nuns and Alternate Space in Confucian ChosÆn Society
Ji-Young Jung

8. The Establishment of Buddhist Nunneries in Contemporary Korea
Pori Park

Contributors
Index

Sujets

• Buddhism
• Korea
• History of Asia
• History of religions
• Corée

Informations

• Publié par: State University of New York Press
• Date de parution: 02 janvier 2012
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781438435121
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

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Korean Buddhist Nuns and Laywomen

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Korean Buddhist Nuns and Laywomen Hidden Histories, Enduring Vitality

Edited by EUN-SU CHO

The Korea Foundation has provided financial assistance for the undertaking of this publication project.

The cover photograph was taken in 1996 by JOO Myungduck at Unmun-sa Monastery in Cheongdo, South Korea. The novice nuns (who are studying at the Unmun-sa seminary) are washing vegetables at the stream. The image is used with the permission of the photographer.

Published by State University of New York Press, Albany

© 2011 State University of New York

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Korean Buddhist nuns and laywomen : hidden histories, enduring vitality /  edited by Eun-su Cho.  p. cm.  Includes bibliographical references and index.  ISBN 978-1-4384-3511-4 (hardcover : alk. paper)  1. Monastic and religious life (Buddhism)—Korea. 2. Monastic and religious life of women. 3. Buddhist nuns—Korea. I. Cho, Eun-su, 1958–

BQ6160.K6K67 2011 294.3'65708209519—dc22

10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

2010023371

To my late mother, who lived in a world

where few of these wonderful opportunities

were available to women.

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Foreword  Robert E. Buswell

Preface

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Introduction Eun-su Cho

Contents

Female Buddhist Practice in Korea—A Historical Account Eun-su Cho

Male SÆn Masters’ Views on Female Disciples in  Later KoryÆ  Young Mi Kim

KoryÆ Ladies and the Encouragement of Buddhism  in Yuan China Tonino Puggioni

Two Female Masters of Two Eras: Differences and  Commonalities in Roles Heung-sik Heo (translated by John Jorgensen)

Marginalized and Silenced: Buddhist Nuns of the  ChosÆn Period John Jorgensen

Buddhist Nuns and Alternate Space in Confucian ChosÆn Society Ji-Young Jung

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The Establishment of Buddhist Nunneries in Contemporary Korea Pori Park

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