Site mapAbout usConsultative CommitteeAsk LibrarianContributionCopyrightCitation GuidelineDonationHome        

CatalogAuthor AuthorityGoogle
Search engineFulltextScripturesLanguage LessonsLinks
 


Extra service
Tools
Export
From Feminist Perspective to View the Pure Land on Earth=從女性主義角度看人間淨土
Author Mai, Lai-man =梅迺文
Source 中華國際佛學會議論文集(第3屆):人間淨土與現代社會=Chung-Hwa International Conference on Buddhism : The "Earthly" Pure Land and Contemporary Society(3rd)
Date1998.02
Pages162 - 163
Publisher法鼓文化出版社=Dharma Drum Culture
Publisher Url http://www.ddc.com.tw
Location臺北市, 臺灣 [Taipei shih, Taiwan]
Content type會議論文=Proceeding Article
Language中文=Chinese
Note中英文提要; 中文論文提要:頁93.
KeywordAndre Centric Feminist Theory; Feminist Research; Mai, Lai-man; 梅迺文
AbstractThe ideal of pure land on earth is to bring the pure land of Buddhism into the human realm,to establish the ideal land in this world of human. However,this world is composed of women and men,without the full participation and support of either gender there will be no chance to accomplish the pure land on earth. The full participation requests equally participate in every aspect of life,such as religion,economy,education,society,politics, etc. This article attempts to discuss this issue from the perspective of feminist theory and foundation of woman's studies. It is not recommended to follow the tradition way to treat religion,which is merely from the Andre centric standpoint to consider the discourse of pure land on earth. With the full participation of women this ideal of pure land on earth will be possible to be succeeded.

Before the success of this ideal,there must be recognition that the pure land on earth is not fully accomplished at present. There are many ways we can work out to achieve the ideal and to change the present situation,such as to change the inequality of man and woman from cognition,attitude and actual social status, especially the gender issue in religion. Nevertheless, in the past twenty years the women's studied offer many help to improve this phenomenon of the real pure land on earth. When the disappear of discrimination and oppression of all kinds, the pure land on earth will be actualized on earth truly.

In any religion and society,any member of one gender thinks he or she is better or inferior to other merely because of one's gender,this way of thinking shows the discrimination and not the ideal situation in pure land. The worse is to use this excuse of being higher or lower to justify one's attitude and action. This is not the attitude one should expect if one practices Mahayana with a bodhisattva vow. To establish pure land on earth must start from a healthy personality,neither the oppressor nor the suppresser is the person we wish to be with in pure land. People with a distorted personality would not be able to establish a pure land on earth. Therefore this article attempts to discuss the important issue of the equality of gender in the establishment of pure land on earth from the perspective of feminism and woman's studies.
ISBN9578473567
Hits502
Created date2000.12.05
Modified date2017.02.23



Best viewed with Chrome, Firefox, Safari(Mac) but not supported IE

Notice

You are leaving our website for The full text resources provided by the above database or electronic journals may not be displayed due to the domain restrictions or fee-charging download problems.

Record correction

Please delete and correct directly in the form below, and click "Apply" at the bottom.
(When receiving your information, we will check and correct the mistake as soon as possible.)

Serial No.
345032

Search History (Only show 10 bibliography limited)
Search Criteria Field Codes
Search CriteriaBrowse