Wednesday, May 6, 2020

Buddhism And The Society Of Women - 2034 Words

Buddhism and Women Inequality is seen everywhere. Women are subjected to this inequity especially. It is increasingly hard to be a woman when your human rights are taken from you or are limited in some way. You not only become seen as â€Å"useless†, but you also are limited in growth and development. A women’s voice cannot be heard if there are hands covering her mouth. Buddhism speaks to the strife of women. Buddhism advocates a way life that shuns inequality and injustice around the world. Its tries to get people to understand that women and men are both equal and should benefit from the same rights. Buddhism to some people is regarded more as a philosophy or a way of life rather than a religion. Buddha means awakened one. This means that†¦show more content†¦The father of Guatama did not want his son to experience the horrors of the real world. â€Å"To keep his son from witnessing the miseries and suffering of the world, Siddhartha s father raised him in opulence in a palac e built just for the boy and sheltered him from knowledge of religion and human hardship† (Buddha Biography, n.d.). when he ventured out of the confinement of the palace he encountered the reality of the human condition. He saw old age, sickness and death. He learned that all human beings have one thing in common and that is that all humans suffer. Suffering is just a fact of life. In order to achieve happiness one needs to accept this truth. This ideology let to Gautam becoming Buddha. Buddha went on to advocate against inequality and injustice. At first, he was hesitant to allow women admission into the order but he noticed that women were just as worthy to be a part of the order as men. This allowed the growth of Bhikkhuni (nuns) in Buddhism. This was made possible by a ceremony that occurred in Bodh Gaya. â€Å"It challenged the position of only having male monks. â€Å"This idea of bringing together bhikkhu and bhikkhuni from a diverse range of Buddhist traditions and schools gradually took shape during a series of annual international monastic seminars. At the conclusion of the fourth such conference, held in May, 1997, the participants requested Master Hsing Yun, the founder of the Fokuangshan Buddhist order, to organize a

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