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Rethinking the Precept of Not Taking Money in Contemporary Taiwanese and Mainland Chinese Buddhist Nunneries |
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Chiu, Tzu-Lung (著)
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Journal of Buddhist Ethics
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| Volume | v.21 |
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| Date | 2014 |
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| Pages | 9 - 56 |
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| Publisher | Department of History & Religious Studies Program , The Pennsylvania State University |
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http://history.psu.edu
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| Location | University Park, PA, US |
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| Content type | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Abstract | According to monastic disciplinary texts, Buddhist monastic members are prohibited from accepting “gold and silver,” and arguably, by extension, any type of money. This rule has given rise to much debate, in the past as well as in the present, particularly between Mahāyāna and Theravāda Buddhist communities. The article explores the results of my multiple-case qualitative study of eleven monastic institutions in Taiwan and Mainland China, and reveals a hitherto under-theorized conflict between Vinaya rules and the bodhisattva ideal, as well as a diversity of opinions on the applicability of the rule against money handling as it has been shaped by socio-cultural contexts, including nuns’ adaptation to the laity’s ethos. |
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| Table of contents | Abstract 9
Introduction 10
Fieldwork in Taiwan 17
Nanlin nunnery: strict abstinence from touching money 18
Dharma Drum Mountain, Luminary Nunnery and Foguangshan: flexibility in the rule 22
Analysis of the Fieldwork Data 28
The socio-cultural contexts of Chinese Buddhism 28
The social system and the assistance of kalpikāra 31
The ratio of the laity to the general population 33
Popular knowledge of Buddhist practices 34
The red envelope (cash offering) as a Chinese cultural custom 36
Institutional types and saṅgha system 38
The practice of giving in the bodhisattva ideal 43
Shame resulting from disobedience to the rule 47
Conclusion 48
Abbreviations 51
Bibliography 51 |
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| ISSN | 10769005 (E) |
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| Hits | 49 |
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| Created date | 2023.11.06 |
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| Modified date | 2023.11.07 |
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