Buddhism: Case Study - Power and Gender in Buddhism.
Title: Buddhism: Case Study - Power and Gender in Buddhism.
Category: /Society & Culture/Religion
Details: Words: 499 | Pages: 2 (approximately 235 words/page)
Buddhism: Case Study - Power and Gender in Buddhism.
Category: /Society & Culture/Religion
Details: Words: 499 | Pages: 2 (approximately 235 words/page)
BUDDHISM: CASE STUDY
"Power and gender in Buddhism"
After visiting the Nan Tien Buddhist Temple in Woollongong (Unanderra), and studying further power and gender in Buddhism, I have learned that although Buddhism and the Buddhist doctrine are not extremely strict in the formation of hierarchies, there are some variations in status within the Sangha (Buddhist community). Also I have found that although equality between the sexes is regarded as a Buddhist belief, it is not
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powerful, the monks won't be able to lift their heads, and that women bring negativity that might harm the doctrine .
It is strange though, that there is such a hierarchy when the primary objective is intense self-effort . The teachings instruct that the power is in the self and that there is no status. This is why I believe that, although I personally admire the ideology of Buddhism, some strands of Buddhism are contradictory in themselves.