Sacred Building Of Buddhist Nun In Wei And Jin Dynasties

The Wei,Jin Dynasties and Northern Dynasties were an important period for the development of Buddhism in the early China.Under active adjustment,Buddhism integrated into traditional Chinese society,which brought great impact on people’s ideology,culture and social life.At that time,women’s situation and life were also affected by its new phenomenon.Be a Buddhist nun to become a different development route with traditional secular women:They put into the sacred spiritual life with their new religious identity.On this way,they realize the sacred pursuit through the resources and conditions provided by Buddhism and their own efforts,showing the female style and female value different from the traditional positioning,and showing the more value possibilities of women on the Buddhist platform.Therefore,for women’s spiritual consciousness and real life in the Wei,Jin,Southern and Northern Dynasties,Buddhism objectively realized a certain degree of female liberation from the religious path,so that female believers can break through the secular restrictions,stimulate their awareness of independence,and provide resources and platform for their personal development.However,the Buddhist nun received insufficient attention in historical records and academic research.As far as it stands,the academic analysis is mainly from the perspective of social history and literature calibration,and less from the perspective of religious science.There are more investigation of group activity,or a stage of static status,pay less attention to the change process of individual transformation from the profane to the sacred.Therefore,it is necessary to make full use of Biographies of Nuns,epitaph materials and other documents to grasp the sacredness of Buddhist nuns from Wei,Jin,Southern and Northern Dynasties.And we should pay more attention to the relationship of profane and sacred,and the special performance of women when they shape their own sanctity.Both vertically examines the process of their transition to the sacred,and horizontally highlight the particularity of female identity.This would use the Buddhist cognitive logic to inspire modern gender ideas and female development.From the literature as Biographies of Nuns,we can see that the sacred shaping is not accomplished overnight: Many Buddhist nuns had a little sacred trait at home,surpassing the secular limitations of the time in activity performance and ideology.After that,they transformed their identity,life,organization and other aspects from sacred through the ceremony.Then they continue to strengthen the sanctity in the practice.At the same time,the secular has not been completely separated and abandoned,the sacred will also be influenced by the secular ideas,policies,etc.The sacred life of Buddhist nuns required the support of the secular foundations.The influence of some of them has also permeated the secular masses and even national politics.On the other hand,Buddhist nuns with women and ascetic identities,they not only need to face the tests of sacred shaping,but also encounter more difficulties because of gender identity.On such a difficult road,the excellent Buddhist nuns show their firm spiritual will,give play to their potential and advantages,overcome the disadvantages,show their refined style in various activity platforms,and make remarkable contributions.Such a transformation and breakthrough can provide some inspiration for the development of women today.The opportunities and obstacles they faced show that the society should give aside fair treatment of different classes and different gender people in terms of ideology and resource support.Their achievements in the sacred shaping can also enhance more women confidence and motivation for women’s personal shaping,promote more women to show their unique ability and value,and realize their own ideal pursuit.To further explore the practical significance of Buddhist thought and spirit,we can dispel the separation of secular nature with the concept of empty origin and equal equality,and break the limitations of traditional gender concept.This will fundamentally logically resolve the constraints of gender attributes on personal development,and enable people to achieve development on more diverse platforms.