Author Affiliations: visiting fellow at the Kyujanggak Institute of Korean Studies at Seoul National University
摘要
Contemporary Buddhist monastic communities often find some of the traditional Vinaya regulations to be outdated, insufficient, difficult to follow and counterproductive to the practice and propagation of the religion in the modern world. Focusing on the Korean Chogye Order, this paper will illustrate the manner in which monastics today negotiate between their historical disciplinary codes and current social values to formulate new Vinaya-related literature. It will demonstrate how the Order’s emerging legal system democratizes the monastic bureaucracy, objectifies financials and establishes a neutral punishment-based judicial system in line with the political values of secular society. In addition, it will introduce the recent creation of new Chogye Order Pure Rules, which update the Vinaya with original codification of modern consumerism, environmental ethics and technological use. Particular attention will be given to the way this new Vinaya construction represents explicit attempts to improve the reputation of the sangha in face of social critique.
目次
ABSTRACT 252 Scandals 252 Practical Vinayas 255 Legislating Buddhism 258 Modern pure rules 262 Cars, cellphones, recycling and the stock market 265 The reputation of the sangha 268 Disclosure statement 270 Funding 270 Notes on contributor 270
