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1 online resource (350 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
| Contents |
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Translations and Conventions -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Korean Buddhist Nationalism, Modernity, and Institutional Reform -- Beyond the Grand Narratives in Sŏn Buddhism -- Nuns and Laywomen in Modern Korean Buddhism -- Clerical Celibacy, Marriage, Scandals, and Monastic Rules -- Secularity, Society, and Politics -- Going Forward -- Notes -- Part 1 Beyond the Grand Narratives in Zen Buddhism -- Chapter 1 What Do Zen Masters Teach Us Today? The Case of Sŏn Master Hyeam Sŏnggwan -- Introduction -- Hyeam's Life and Sŏn Thought |
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Self-Reflection, Social-Reflection -- What Do Zen Masters Teach Us Today? -- Notes -- Chapter 2 Paek Yongsŏng and the Boundaries of Early Modern Korean Buddhism: Historiographical Issues and the Question of Scale -- Introduction -- Paek Yongsŏng's Background and Major Activities -- Relational Approaches in the Study of Yongsŏng -- Microhistorical Studies and the Question of Scale -- Following the Flows: Networks and Systems Theories -- Concluding Reflections -- Notes -- Part 2 Nuns and Laywomen in Modern Korean Buddhism -- Chapter 3 Lady Ch'ŏn and Modern Korean Buddhism -- Introduction |
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Court Lady Buddhism -- Ch'ŏn as a Powerful Court Lady -- Travel to Japan, 1909 -- Ch'ŏn's Connection to the Buddhist Monk Yi Hoegwang (1862-1933) -- Yi's Appointment as Abbot of Haein Monastery -- Laying Groundwork for the Wŏnjong -- Ch'ŏn as an Ideal Lay Buddhist -- Unswerving Dedication to Yi's Visions -- Ch'ŏn's Buddhism -- Ch'ŏn's Death -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 4 Experiencing a Different Buddhist Community: Nun Suok's Travel to Japan and Her Contribution to the Korean Community of Nuns -- Introduction -- Suok's Early Life -- Suok in Japan and Her Cross-Cultural Observations |
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Buddhist Nuns in Korea and Japan -- The First Modern Dharma Instructor at a Seminary for Nuns -- Participation in the Purification Movement -- Honoring the Nuns' Doctrinal Dharma Lineage -- Closing Reflections -- Notes -- Part 3 Clerical Celibacy, Marriage, Scandals, and Monastic Rules -- Chapter 5 Rethinking Married Bhikṛu: An Examination of Bhikṛu Ordinations and Clerical Marriage in 1920s Korean Buddhism -- Introduction -- Monastic Rules Revisited in Context -- Bhikṛu Precepts and Bodhisattva Precepts in the Late Nineteenth Century |
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The Continuous Rise of Bhikṛu and Bodhisattva Ordinations under the Japanese Colonial Regime -- The Status of Bhikṛu and Clerical Marriage at T'ongdo Monastery and Magok Monastery in 1925 and 1926 -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 6 Flesh in the Closet: The "Secret Wife" in Korean Buddhism -- Introduction -- What Is a Secret Wife? -- Historicizing the Secret Wife -- Locating the Secret Wife -- Making Sense of the Secret Wife -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 7 Monastic Regulations in Contemporary Korea -- Introduction -- Practical Vinayas -- Legislating Buddhism -- Modern Pure Rules |
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Cars, Cell Phones, Recycling, and the Stock Market |
| Summary |
Offers alternative approaches to the study of colonial and postcolonial Korean Buddhism, suggesting new directions for scholarship. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Buddhism -- Korea.
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Buddhism. |
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Korea. |
| Added Author |
Park, Jin Y.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Kim, Hwansoo Ilmee New Perspectives in Modern Korean Buddhism Melton : State University of New York Press,c2022 9781438491325 |
| ISBN |
1438491336 |
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9781438491332 (electronic book) |
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