Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
6-2015
Disciplines
Buddhist Studies | Religion | Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion
Abstract
The 14 Sakyadhita International Conference on Buddhist Women in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, is an extraordinary crosscultural opportunity. Focusing on the theme “Compassion and Social Justice,” the conference introduces activists of the social justice movements in Indonesia and other Asian countries to Buddhist feminist wisdom, social analysis, lives, and experiences. At the same time, it introduces Buddhist communities to Indonesian activists and local social justice movements. The conference provides a space for attendees, volunteers, interpreters, and seminar and workshop presenters of different backgrounds to interact and break down perceived barriers. It creates a foundation for future collaborations among Buddhist feminists and social justice activists and encourages women’s groups in Indonesia to include feminist Buddhist views in their future programs and activities on pluralism.
Digital USD Citation
Tsomo, Karma Lekshe PhD, "Compassion & Social Justice: 14th Sakyadhita International Conference on Buddhist Women" (2015). Theology and Religious Studies: Faculty Scholarship. 5.
https://digital.sandiego.edu/thrs-faculty/5
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Notes
Table of Contents
PREFACE | ix
BUDDHIST WOMEN OF INDONESIA
The New Space for Peranakan Chinese Woman in Late Colonial Indonesia: Tjoa Hin Hoaij in the Historiography of Buddhism | 1
Yulianti
Bhikkhuni Jinakumari and the Early Indonesian Buddhist Nuns | 7
Medya Silvita
Ibu Parvati: An Indonesian Buddhist Pioneer | 13
Heru Suherman Lim
Indonesian Women’s Roles in Buddhist Education | 17
Bhiksuni Zong Kai
Indonesian Women and Buddhist Social Service | 22
Dian Pratiwi
COMPASSION & INNER TRANSFORMATION
Yuanwu Keqin’s Chan Praxis: Teaching for Women | 25
Fen-Jin Wu
The Rearranged Roles of Buddhist Nuns in the Modern Korean Sangha: A Case Study of Practicing Compassion | 30
Hyo Seok Sunim
Vipassana and Pain: A Case Study of Taiwanese Female Buddhists Who Practice Vipassana | 34
Shiou-Ding Shi
Buddhist and Living with HIV: Two Life Stories from Taiwan | 39
Wei-yi Cheng
Teaching Dharma in Prison | 48
Robina Courtin
INDONESIAN BUDDHIST WOMEN IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
Light of the Kilis: Our Javanese Bhikkhuni Foremothers | 52
Bhikkhuni Tathaaloka
Buddhist Women of Indonesia: Diversity and Social Justice | 62
Karma Lekshe Tsomo
Establishing the Bhikkhuni Sangha in Indonesia: Obstacles and Opportunities | 69
Ayya Santini
Images of Women in Contemporary Indonesian Buddhist Short Stories | 72
Latifah and Ary Budiyanto
BUDDHIST CULTURE IN INDONESIA
Bedhaya Ketawang: A Sacred Dance of Mystical Union of The Ruler of the Land and the Ruler of the Sea | 81
Parwatri Wahjono
Compassionate Legacy: Indonesian Influence on Buddhism in Tibet | 82
Annie McGhee
What is Borobudur? | 88
Hudaya Kandahjaya
The Karmavibhanga Reliefs of Borobudur: Unveiling Their Moral and Social Value | 94
Kustiani
Ruwat-Rawat Borobudur: An Annual Cultural Event that Celebrates Diversity and Multiculturalism | 97
Wilis Rengganiasih Endah Ekowati
THE GLOBALIZATION OF BUDDHISM
The Pearl in the Bubble Tea: Buddhist Women and Social Change | 102
Malia Dominica Wong
The Modern Girl as an Upāsikā: Recovering the Women in Buddhist Modernisms | 108
Amy Holmes-Tagchungdarpa
Gender and the Cybersangha: Buddhist Women’s Online Activism and Practice | 115
Emma Tomalin, Caroline Starkey, and Anna Halofoff
Some Challenges Facing Non-Himalayan Nuns in the Tibetan Buddhist Tradition | 123
Tenzin Palmo
The Universality of Buddhism: Proposing a Sakyadhita Sangha |127
SungJa Cho
IMPLEMENTING COMPASSION & SOCIAL JUSTICE
Creative Activity and Social Justice | 134
Arahmaiani Feisal
Defending the Environment in Courts: Jiyul Sunim’s Journey with the Law | 140
Lina Koleilat
Managing Sexual Harassment and Child Abuse: A Coordinated Approach | 144
Diana Cousens
Indian Buddhist Women Followers of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar | 149
Minal Wankhede Barsagade and Sangita Meshram
Linking Compassion to Social Policy | 152
Lenny Hidayat
DIVERSITY & MULTICULTURALISM
Avalokiteśvara’s Embrace of Diversity: Respect and Empathy | 161
Hsiao-Lan Hu
An Emerging Alliance: The Diverse Family Formation Bill and Buddhist Gender Justice in Taiwan | 168
Chang Shen Shi
A Narrative Analysis of Buddhist Discourse on Gay Marriage in Taiwan: A Case Study of Master Chao Hwei | 174
Chih Yin Shi
Buddhism and Sexual Diversity in Germany | 180
Rotraut (Jampa) Wurst
BHIKKHUNI ORDINATION: BENEFITS & BARRIERS
A Comparative Study of the Theravāda Bhikkhu and Bhikkhuni Pātimokkas | 184
Nishadini Peiris
Bhikkhunī Ordination in India: Benefits and Barriers | 191
Bhikkhuni Suniti
Controversies and Prospects: Issues Surrounding the Establishment of the Female Monastic Sangha in Bangladesh | 196
B. D. Dipananda
Bhikkhunī Ordination in Thailand, 2014 | 206
Bhikkhuni Dhammananda (Chatsumarn Kabilsingh)
The Imaginarium of the Nuns: Days Past and Futures Yet to Be | 212
Bhikkhu Sujato
EQUALITY, RESPECT & LAY/MONASTIC RELATIONS
Pious Lady, Noble Woman: Relationships between Lay Women and Nuns as Narrated and Prescribed in the Mahasanghika-lokottaravada Bhiksuni Vinaya | 217
Amy Paris Langenberg
The Buddhist Nun as a Military Hero in the “Tale of Master Chaun” | 222
Hyangsoon Yi
Noblewomen and Monks: Lay-Monastic Relations in the Early Choson Dynasty | 228
Soun Sunim
Bridging the Lay-Monastic Divide: Women’s Religious Leadership in Tibet | 233
Pema Khandro
The Invisible Majority: Conversations with Young Adult Asian American Buddhists | 240
Chenxing Han
THE FUTURE OF BUDDHIST FEMINISM
Emergent Buddhist Women’s Leadership: Competing Feminist Views at the Intersection of the Sacred and the Profane | 246
Carol L. Winkelmann
The Uncomfortable Relationship Between the Self-Management Boom and Feminism in Korea | 253
Seokjoo Kang
Unveiling the Lives of Great Female Masters of Bhutan | 257
Sonam Wangmo (Tenzin Dadon)
The Real Problem Regarding Buddhist Women and Gender Justice: Gender-Neutral Models of Humanity | 271
Rita Gross
BUDDHIST WOMEN & COMPASSIONATE ACTIVISM
Leaving Family Behind: Lessons of Love and Loss from the Buddha’s Hagiography | 276
Vanessa R. Sasson
Compassion and Social Engagement: Interdependent Paradigms for Vietnamese Buddhist Women | 281
Thich Nu Nhu Nguyet
Mahakaruna of Prajnaparamita: The Divine Feminine and Compassionate Activism in the 21st Century | 286
Neela Bhattacharya Saxena
IN THE SPIRIT OF COMPASSION
The Healing Power of Compassion in the Stories of the Buddha’s First Daughters | 291
Karen Lang
Loving Speech and Right Speech in Relation to Nonviolent Communications | 299
Bhikkhuni Dhammananda (Pham Thi Minh Hoa)
Gendering Nyungne: The Tibetan Buddhist Fasting Ritual | 303
Darcie Price-Wallace
Compassion: The Path to Resilience | 311
Teresa Sivilli
BREAKTHROUGHS IN BUDDHIST EDUCATION
Literacy and the Education of Bhikkhunis in Early Chinese Buddhism | 316
Jeong Wan Sunim
Chin Hui Pitt: An Exemplary Buddhist Woman Educator in Singapore | 321
Zhen Yuan Shi
The Significance of Bhiksuni Hiu Wan’s Prajna Chan, Compassion and Art for Modern-day Education | 326
Sheng Ying Shi
Buddhist Schools in Australia: Buddhist Women’s Roles | 330
Thich Nu Phuoc Uyen
CONTRIBUTORS 337
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Originally published by Sakyadhita; Yogyakarta, Indonesia.