[Buddha-l] Perhaps the Buddhists in Korea have finally had it?

[jkirk]

 Suggest you get a copy of _Tracing Back the Radiance: Chinul's
Korean Way of Zen _by
Robert E Buswell, Jr. (in paper). U. Hawaii Press,1991. A book
about his own experience as a Korean Buddhist monk is _The Zen
Monastic Experience_, Princeton UP, 1993.

Buswell is well-respected here and abroad, so I bet you will find
some answers to your questions in these books.
 
Lucky you visiting old temples in Korea, sigh.............
 
Best wishes, Joanna
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[mailto:buddha-l-bounces at mailman.swcp.com] On Behalf Of Lidewij
Niezink
Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 1:47 AM
To: Buddhist discussion forum
Subject: Re: [Buddha-l] Perhaps the Buddhists in Korea have
finally had it?

Hello everyone,

I am currently in South Korea, traveling the country. One thing
that has been surprising me is the amount of christian churches
one finds scattered all over any place we go. We keep on looking
for these hidden temples here (beautiful and very inspiring by
the way), but all we get smacked in the face are crosses on large
buildings.

As far as the practice of Buddhism is concerned. I am very
curious what the experts on this list could tell me about the
authenticity of the Buddhist practitioners over here. I just
spent 4 months in Nepal studying abhidharma with the Tibetans.
Although i feel very strongly committed to learning the Dharma,
the Tibetan wholesale of Buddhism has been testing my practice of
patience and equanimity to the fullest extent. Anyone any ideas
or resources on the practice overhere?

Thanx,
Lilli


--
Lidewij Niezink, PhD
http://www.linkedin.com/in/lniezink



2008/10/17 jkirk <jkirk at spro.net>

> Hope we get something from the AAR panel.
>
> The latest Orissa atrocity about the murder of the Swami is
> interesting in that Naxals publicly took credit for doing it.
> Despite that, Hindu Bajrang Dals and the like exploited it to
> attack Christians, churches, their homes, clergy, etc.
>
> Christian aggressiveness is also publicly manifesting here, in
> the persona of McCain's VP candidate.
> -----------------------
>
>
>  On Behalf Of Dan Lusthaus
> Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 10:07 PM
> To: Buddhist discussion forum
> Subject: Re: [Buddha-l] Perhaps the Buddhists in Korea have
> finally had it?
>
> Joanna,
>
> I may not be able to attend that particular session due to
> something else happening at the same time. If there, I will
> report back.
>
> The Hindu-Christian outbursts presently going on in India have
> both a longer and shorter history -- the shorter history being
> the killing of a Hindu leader, which sparked the Hindu
reaction.
> The longer history is more complex and has become enmeshed with
> all sorts of political agendas; religious riots have become
> periodic parts of the landscape there (though each has its own
> history and peculiarities).
>
> As for Korea, Confucianism was dominant for many centuries
> (Choson Dynasty, 1392-1910), and Buddhism survived but played
> second fiddle. Confucian attitudes still dominate social
> interactions in Korea, but Buddhism has made a strong
resurgence
> during the 20th c. Historically, while there were tensions and
> repressions of various sorts, violent outbursts against other
> religions were not the rule. With the ascendancy of
Christianity
> in the late 20th c. that has changed. Violence, vandalism
against
> Buddhist institutions and temples, etc., have become
commonplace,
> and the Buddhists have, until recently, largely been perplexed
> and unsure how to react. Complaining about the prime minister
and
> his perceived slight of Buddhist leaders is a pretext, and not
a
> very effective response. In short, the Christians have been
very
> aggressive, expressing a kind of intolerance previously unusual
> for Korea, and the Buddhists have not quite figured out how to
> respond (fortunately, so far, they haven't responded in kind --
> unfortunately, that may be down the road). Throwing off
Confucian
> mores is on the mind of most modernity-minded Koreans,
Christian
> and Buddhist, especially women who have many legitimate
> grievances against the present social system (e.g., a single
> woman cannot check into a hotel).
>
> Dan
>
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