Reflecting back on higher or world religions in history,the tenets of their doctrines have been male dominating,and they have been characterized by androcentrism.Under a male-dominating religious order,women are often...Reflecting back on higher or world religions in history,the tenets of their doctrines have been male dominating,and they have been characterized by androcentrism.Under a male-dominating religious order,women are often excluded from essential rituals or hierarchy,their role consequently dwindling gradually.Behind this negative view of women,we can find the dichotomous thinking of male practitioners,the distinctions of the holy and secular,spirit and body,reason and emotion,male and female,and good and evil.The sacred world which male priests sought was separated from the secular world,and the purity of their souls could not coexist with their bodies.Men were regarded as having an existence that was pure,sacred,spiritual,good and reasonable,while women were seen as being worldly,fleshly,unwholesome and emotional.The former and the latter could not be compatible or mixed.The former were primary,while the latter were secondary and the object of control or elimination by the former.In this presentation I will introduce a new paradigm based on the practices of Won Buddhism for the development of egalitarian society.展开更多
文摘Reflecting back on higher or world religions in history,the tenets of their doctrines have been male dominating,and they have been characterized by androcentrism.Under a male-dominating religious order,women are often excluded from essential rituals or hierarchy,their role consequently dwindling gradually.Behind this negative view of women,we can find the dichotomous thinking of male practitioners,the distinctions of the holy and secular,spirit and body,reason and emotion,male and female,and good and evil.The sacred world which male priests sought was separated from the secular world,and the purity of their souls could not coexist with their bodies.Men were regarded as having an existence that was pure,sacred,spiritual,good and reasonable,while women were seen as being worldly,fleshly,unwholesome and emotional.The former and the latter could not be compatible or mixed.The former were primary,while the latter were secondary and the object of control or elimination by the former.In this presentation I will introduce a new paradigm based on the practices of Won Buddhism for the development of egalitarian society.
