Korean Buddhist Nuns and Laywomen

Korean Buddhist Nuns and Laywomen
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Publisher : State University of New York Press
Total Pages : 227
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ISBN-13 : 9781438435121
ISBN-10 : 1438435126
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Download or read book Korean Buddhist Nuns and Laywomen written by Eun-su Cho and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2012-01-02 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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