GENDER AND NI teachings of the Buddha

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I . Introduction

1. The role and position of women and men in society is often determined differently in different cultural areas. For reasons of political, social or religious, from old men are highly valued, women, hold a more modest position in some areas are overlooked, as in the social policy of "polygamy" "supplementary", "write the most useful men and women collected numerous writing", women must cover their faces to the street, just the job family, or bear the cost wedding .... Even missing family ownership and rights in education.

Today, in democratic societies and in many countries in Europe, American policy of "feminist" or "men and women are equal" and some other places, the phenomenon of sex discrimination becomes less gay keen. However, the meaning of "male and female equality" continues to be controversial, debate. Sometimes the problem is that it is in place for the Buddha's teachings, as the social event without seeing them in a plastic water belongs to the Theravada Buddhist Theravada (the Venerable), or ni we have receive more "disrespectful law" in the development of Buddhism (or Mahayana). Does the lack of equality between men and women are still left in the United Buddhist culture? This is a problem that today's lecture addressed.

2. Back to the Indian society, past and present, we are no stranger to the phenomenon of social class divided into Brahmins, close to the core, and The Da Coffee Xa La and the low order position and role of women and women. Today, though India is a democratic country, but the phenomenon of "distinguished" men and women still in bold.

Through economic organs Pali, Buddha denied the division of social class and sex discrimination. He teaches acting (or employment) say the value of each of the Brahmins, close to the core, Coffee or The Da La Xa, which is not lineage or race. He advocated no class in "the same red blood, with salty tears." This policy of mass popular Buddhist and Buddhist researchers to the point we are not directly cited the teachings of God. Contemporaries, the people of four castes of Indian society, and even women who have thoroughly original, pagan or road bandits, if any are determined to liberate accepted into the Sangha, nuns or men , laywomen.

The story is a false religion Ananda would drink water from a girl-class Dalits has made her run away from panic, false religion called her and calmly said: "Give me water . I would like water, not applying the class. " Gestures and words calmly, respectfully of false religion has caused her emotional and awakening. Then ask her to ordain with ni Ma Sun Ha Ba Ba Re Xa, as land has found a love of life and wisdom, and the obtained results. Only a false statement of religious Ananda almost can dispel all of us doubt about any phenomenon class discrimination, sex can happen in the Church of the Buddha.

3. However, significant gender equality in the teachings of the Buddha should be more clever marketing again, showing through the teachings of the Buddha was Pali compiler in economic organs.

First, the word " gender equality "or" equality between men and women "should be defined meanings.

- The hand has five fingers are not equal in different positions and have different functions. The meaning of equality between the fingers is the meaning held in position and natural functions of each finger.

- The human heart must work 24 hours / day, and if they break the heart of life ended. People's minds if they work 24 hours / day as the heart, crazy people will lose, life is no longer.

So in this sense equality does not require the heart, mind must be the same, equal, but each must keep its natural function in a harmonious movement.

- Also, women and men in human society, each sex is a natural function of the different spiritual "kind mother" and "father friendly". The meaning of equality between men and women here is to be eligible to present to the full its natural function, which is not equal or similar in the role of natural or social organizations. Each sex has emotional conditions, emotions, mind, life, physical and other features should keep the role of the family, social groups and different. This is life. Just as the other bottle with the bottle, but need to adapt to different uses - if both are stoppers, or the bottle is really surprised!

From the above, we are going to learn the Buddha's teachings on women.

II. The similarities between women and men lay lay

1. Regarding the duties of husband and wife, and husband to the wife : The Good Student (School of, 31) introduced the duty of husband and wife for husband and wife is as fair: her husband was husband, lover and a friend of his wife, a wife to a wife, lover and friend of the husband to love both respect and loyalty to each other. If his wife to manage the home, enterprise, good treatment for those with relatives and friends of the husband, the husband must take care of the needs of the wife, usually a gift for his wife shopping. There is clear: there is an equality between men and women in Buddhist teachings.

2. The practice of gender : Five On gender, the son's Bat, Cross's charity, men and women lay with peer practice, there is no difference.

3. On hearing Measures: Men and women lay with the general plan of the measures by the Buddha or his disciples of the Buddha preached.

4. In giving alms, offerings and meditation practice : Men and women are lay peer practice and realized depending on each person's determination.

5. About five against crime: crime killed his father or mother had been hell, whether male or female violation.

6. Regarding intellectual : If lawful religious, lay men and women can attain 4 achievements, mind and knowledge of liberation.

Thus, in the teachings of the Buddha, there is no difference for men and women lay.

III. The similarities between monks and laymen:

1. Monks or laymen are relying Tam said, the same source and the Chief Justice, and all have favorable conditions for their achievements, mind and knowledge of liberation.

2. Monks and laymen may attend the general law or by the Buddha's disciples preached Exalted.

3. Monk or layman can meditate on the nine realms.

4. All must "rely on themselves and rely on law," that is all about and practice to keep the four foundations of mindfulness.

France by the Buddha preached not limited by class, race, gender, home or renunciation. Depending on the radical and determined that each person's freedom to receive and practice.

IV. The similarities between the monks and nuns:

1. Both of renunciation, a member of the Buddhist Sangha, regardless of age, class, race.

2. Both are learned and practiced general economic organs.

3. Both products support 37 leading practices, and are able to achieve the same direction.

4. Both have favorable conditions for proving or Clerk informed Tam, no difference.

5. Both, if qualified, may acquire monastic disciples of the same sex.

6. Both have announced slapping, settled, suicide.

7. Both can be toxic quarters of meditation, or sermon if the student is capable.

Regarding the issue of basic education and gender, Concentration, this knowledge does not make any distinction between monks and nuns. However, social and organization, there are some small differences between the monks and nuns, due to radical differences in social orientation and gender.

V. Differences between the monks and nuns, between men and women:

1. Anguttara Nikaya, chapter one France recorded:

This event does not happen : a woman can be a supreme sense arhats (Buddhist). S terms, this does not happen: a woman can be a cakkavatti, one to taste (Sakka) , a Brahma or a Ma United Kingdom.

This event occurred : a man (male relatives) can be a supreme sense Arahant, a cakkavatti, one to like, a Brahma or a Ma United Kingdom (great evil).

The law is like ("French children as market") can not ask why, such as can not ask why the sun rises in the East.

2. The difference in Ba La's obligation to hook Delete: (Patimokkha):

About four of the increase, along with seven nuns were gathered with the world that have the wrong number, so the duty of the world's up with 250, while the gender duty of Ni is about 350. About which is set to benefit to the holder's liberation, the Sangha and the Dharma for the masses to stay so long. So, what's more going into details, the more it more convenient for the liberation of nuns, with no significant binding to Ni's more.

3. The event nuns received more "disrespectful law":

"Bat Sutra" are eight things that nuns maintain respect as maintaining calendars wreath adorned more tastefully old Indian woman. They are:

a. Despite 100 years of ordination, a Bhikkhuni for ordained monk in a day to pay homage, stood up, clasped hands, behaving lawfully.

b. Bhikkhuni can not settle on the spot without Bhikkhu.

c. Half months, Bhikkhuni they need to appeal to the theory of gender Bhikkhu.

d. Settled after the rainy season is finished, Bhikkhuni need to do the ceremony before two suicide Sangha.

e. Bhikkhuni felony law to do that joy to half a month.

f. After the legal novice ni 2 years, must apply before the second ordained Sangha.

g. Not for any reason, can Bhikshuni criticized Bhikkhu.

h. Only the Catholic critics among the Bhikkhu Bhikkhuni, without the teacher among critics of the Bhikkhuni Bhikkhu.

The only thing in order to determine the expression of respect for the nuns of the Sangha (monastic), to create an intimate distance emotionally easily lead to misunderstanding, doubt detrimental to the value of well- of the Sangha, damage to the mission of the Sangha (the a, g and h), and to just have a Sangha unified church, which is not an independent church ni Increase Church. " Bat Sutra "as is established to open the way of the world for women and to protect the value of the Sangha's unfortunate because the long-term security of the chief legal office, which can not be a meaningful distribution particular, any discrimination here.

The Lord Buddha taught Ananda false religious reason why Bhagavan binding "legal disrespectful" to the nuns said, "Ananda, such as a person, thinking about the future, to build levees for a large lake for water can not flow through; this too Ananda, thinking about the future, I issued 'legal disrespectful' for monks and nuns to life is not over "(Anguttara VIII. 51, Business Mahapajapati Gotami.) Lake is a lake that virtues of the Sangha.

The Lord Buddha taught continued: "If the Sangha and nuns are not present, then virtue will endure, will endure Abhidharma to 1000 years. Because there ni them, should have been shortened Abhidharma 500 years ) " (Anguttara VIII.51, Business Mahapajapati Gotami).

In a sense Abhidharma was shortened Bhagavan taught that: "For such a family with more women and fewer men are more likely to beat thieves steal, and the Sangha the present case we ni" . Assets of the Sangha are the property subject to theft of behavior, the property to build public confidence for the Dharma. It is significant that each of us can imagine, very easy to identify. The researchers and the public Buddhist Buddhists have no reason to doubt "disrespectful methods" that it is imposed upon nuns.

Think of the Great Buddha is who did make sense unless all the defilements, the event could not have gender bias or discrimination Increase nuns happened. Ton Ton false false A priority Ba Nan and Li (Upali) are the disciples of the Blessed One has to take contraband or cleaner than before the compiler, not an event to add, delete or false statement Buddhist doctrine that may occur.

If raised another question that there is a further tightening of the compiler from the classic third reign sole A-PE (Asoka), this can not happen, because any compiler also hosted by the great Arhats, those who understand French wall and take the Buddha Law. The remaining problem is the suspicion arises from our expectations concept, from the wrong thinking was dominated by self love, pride, ego.

Let's calm recall the event of trouble has happened to the Sangha as nuns they would present more clearly:

- As in the case of nuns and young children in the way of religious practice, sexual abuse claims or demands of the Holy Family. This event not only happened once.

- As in the case of ordained women would have married after the engine needs to liberation; later date in the growing fetus .... This is not a case of rule violations. This event not only happened once. With each such false Pros Ton Ton Ni Ba Ma Li and Ha Ba Ba Re Xa Loc female form with credit (Visakha) struggled to know how to deal with. Whether it's pure heart, but whether they and the Sangha and nuns have not avoided scandal? Is this a well-meaning property of the thieves were stealing?

Continue thinking one step further. In social life, the women have more pain than men across the left, as the absence of beauty, the old widow's green spring, there is no condition for a son .... Often for these women, the scenery is ni live rebuild trust land for life, is the only source of comfort, compassion is an open door, open the path to awakening. But this picture is made more power to build up confidence to release active life? Easy life theory is helpless to rescue life? There is much, much the same reasons for our nuns to come to a stable perception that to accept the presence of nuns in the family goods, virtues, the conditions at minimum required is to maintain and honor "disrespectful law." The Sun does not set "Bat Sutra" for the mass of men and women lay lay.

Perhaps because the sense of reason has trouble areas that the Church Sangha Buddhist monk of the system such as Sri Lanka, Burma, Thailand, Laos and Cambodia have so far hesitated to establish ni them in the development of Buddhism (Mahayana). The hesitation was there just because they want to commit or Abhidharma well be long-term survival in life. The traditional Buddhist countries such as North China, Vietnam, Korea, Japan .... for continuing to develop traditional spacious development of Buddhist nuns that founded them, continuing the tradition of the Sangha with the Buddha's time to maintain "law disrespectful." This may mean that "disrespect law" is ultimately limited by the development ni them, can not overcome.

At this point, if there is any doubt about the "disrespect law" as an imposition, we continue to think that:

- As an educated Buddhist monks legal, legislative and executive understand, the sense of self that is meticulously managed self delusion, pride, self love should absolutely not enjoy a right of liberation through "Bat Sutra", and will never have any self respect for the nuns that the monks.

- As a legal nuns educated, understand the legal and law enforcement - and the increase or Buddhists, too - the sense of gratitude that I have this life, this legal world, this natural vegetation, to show respect for all, the case is that of the Sangha, for the young monks. This is a nice thing to do as a woman needs makeup to beauty itself so: a cultural beauty and dignity of the Oriental culture.

Suspicion of "disrespect law" is a disorder of thinking will lead to disruption of attitude. This would not bring peace and happiness for the masses.

Today, Dan birth anniversary of Buddha, we review the Buddha's teachings about "disrespectful measures" to redefine our beliefs for "disrespect law", for the value of free life dignity of life of the Buddha's renunciation as supplies rise Buddha, the Dharma is to seek long-term survival in this world.

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