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Chong Suok's Tour of Imperial Japan and its Impact on the Development of the Nuns' Order in Korea

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Authors

Cho, Eun-su

Issue Date
2019-06
Publisher
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
Citation
Religions, Vol.10 No.6, p. 385
Abstract
The eminent scholar-nun Chong Suok (1902-1966) traveled from colonial Korea to Imperial Japan from 1937 to 1939 and wrote a travelogue that provides an important first-hand account from a woman's perspective on the state of Japanese and Korean Buddhism during the early 20th century. Bemoaning the destitute state of Korean Buddhist nuns who had no schools, lecture halls, or even meditation rooms, she notes the stark contrast with the Japanese nuns who had access to proper education and enjoyed respect from society. After returning from Japan, she became not only a dharma instructor and abbess but something much more. As a prominent leader of the Buddhist purification movement in the 1960s she became one of the most influential nuns in Korea, promoting education, practice, social engagement, and feminist consciousness until her death in 1966. Her long struggle exemplifies a transnational crossing that helped to deepen the Buddhist tradition in both Korea and Japan.
ISSN
2077-1444
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/10371/203782
DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/rel10060385
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