Barbara R. Ambros is a Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
關鍵詞
Ānanda; Mahāprajāpatī; nuns; Sōtō Zen; kōshiki; keka; Myōe; Kankō; Aoyama Shundō; Eight Pure Precepts; Eight Heavy Rules
摘要
This article presents a history of the Anan kōshiki, a chanted lecture dedicated to the Buddha’s disciple Ānanda. After briefly discussing its precursors in ancient India and China, I examine this ritual in three moments of time—its medieval Japanese origins, its early modern revitalization, and its contemporary performances and a contemporary commentary on the ritual. The ritual has been performed exclusively by Buddhist nuns in honor of Ānanda’s role in convincing the Buddha to admit women to the monastic order. I argue that the ritual has functioned polysemously for nuns, affirming their marginalization and lesser status vis-à-vis the male clergy, while also serving as a means for nuns to celebrate their gender difference as female monastics. The full translation of the Anan kōshiki appears in the online supplement of this JJRS issue.
目次
Precursors of the Anan kōshiki 209 The Composition of the Anan kōshiki in the Medieval Period 215 The Revitalization of the Ritual within a Sōtō Nuns’ Network 218 The Contents of the Anan kōshiki 223 Celebrating Difference: An Interpretation of the Anan kōshiki 227 Aoyama Shundō’s Commentary on the Anan kōshiki 237 Conclusion 245 References 246
