Narrative Research of "Therigatha, Verses of the Elder Nuns"--In Comparison with "Bhikshuni Biography"

• Main Authors: Su-chen Wu, 吳素禎
• Other Authors: Kai-wen Lu
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/9p86ps

碩士 === 南華大學 === 宗教學研究所 === 101 === 　　“Therigatha, Verses of the Elder Nuns”, the earliest sole religious narrative texts for female of Primitive Buddhism, in addition to a demonstration of a woman being allowed to be a nun and although filthy reputation of Proper Dharma’s failure of being long-established residence is bored, a number of nuns have been enlightened with sacred acquirements, an illustration of : The encounter between “female” and “Buddhism” derives enlightenment of religious dimension from the misery of life which becomes discourse relevant with issues incurred with contemporary “Gender Studies”. 　 　　“Bhikshuni Biography” and “Therigatha, Verses of the Elder Nuns”narrate specific features in Chinese and India historic backgrounds of society respectively; The narrations in distinctive styles illustrate that two forces behind norms in the secular world and religious roles are built upon mutual penetration of narrative texts herein and the field of “female voice” also is publicly highlighted through the narrative texts herein. 　 　　The study aims to utilize ideological resources behind gender ideology within compared frames of “Therigatha, Verses of the Elder Nuns”, an early classical version of Indian Buddhism and “Bhikshuni Biography”, the first one biography for religious female in China as the way of thinking in issues of contemporary “Gender Studies”.