Korean Bhikkhun

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Dr.HaChoon-SangisaprofessorinchargeoftheDepartmentofBuddhistTempleManagementatGraduateSchoolofManagement,DonggukUniversity,andistheDirectorofWooseongResearchInstituteofBuddhistStudies&Culture.HisDhammanameisWooseong(宇晟).HereceivedthepreceptsfromVen.MasterCheonghwa(淸華)atTaean-saempleinGokseong,Jeollanam-doProvince.HeisregardedapioneerinthefieldofKoreanBhikkhuniDhammafamilyresearchandisanexpertonKoreanBhikkhunīs,agroupthathashistoricallybeenmarginalizedanddisparagedbyKorea’straditionallymale-dominatedmainstreamBuddhism.ThisEnglishversionshouldbeaveryvaluableresourceforabetterunderstandingofBhikkhunīsandtheirhistory,notonlyhereinKoreabutaroundtheworld.

NotesfromthePublisher4
Author’sComments13

Ⅰ.WhatisaBhikkhunī(Buddhistnun)?

1.RenouncingSecularLifetoBecomeaMonk24
2.OnBecomingaMonkandPractice34
3.ABhikkhunīandABhikkhu48
4.TheFirstBhikkhunīsandTheirStories59

Ⅱ.ThePathtoBecomeaBhikkhunī

1.ThePathtoBecomeaBhikkhunī:EnlightenmentandOrdination82
2.TheHistoryoftheOrdinationCeremony97
3.RestorationofandProblemswiththeBhikkhunīOrdinationTradition102

Ⅲ.BhikkhunīsinBuddhistHistory

1.TheBhikkhunīstheBuddhaPraised108
2.TheTransmissionofBuddhismtoKorea
andtheFirstKoreanBhikkhunīs118
3.SomeProminentBhikkhunīsinKoreanHistory125

Ⅳ.TheActivitiesofBhikkhunīsinKoreaToday

1.Relationshipbetweenateacherandadisciple:ARespectedTeacherisaFellowPractitioner165
2.BuddhistLecture:DhammaisWisdom173
3.KeepingPrecept:Preceptasateacher188
4.Seonmeditation:MeditatetoGainInsight195
5.MissionaryActivities:ToSpreadDhammaistheGreatestActofCompassion217
6.Welfare:TheUltimatePracticeisGiving229
7.Culture:SharingArtisticSensibilitiesistheLubricantofLife242
8.Organization:AnOrganizationofHarmonyandCompassion249

Ⅴ.TheKoreanBhikkhunīDhammaFamilyToday

1.CheonghaeDhammafamily(靑海門中)273
2.GyeminDhammafamily(戒珉門中)277
3.BeopgiDhammafamily(法起門中)280
4.SamhyunDhammafamily(三賢門中)283
5.SujeongDhammafamily(水晶門中)286
6.BongraeDhammafamily(蓬萊門中)289
7.YukhwaDhammafamily(六和門中)292
8.SilsangDhammafamily(實相門中)297
9.BounDhammafamily(普雲門中)300
10.IlyeopDhammafamily(一葉門中)303
11.BomunjongDhammafamily(普門宗門中)306
12.OtherDhammafamilies(其他門中)308

Glossary309