Die buddhistische Nonnenordination im tibetischen Kanon, ihre Darstellung in den tibetischen Kommentaren und Möglichkeiten zur Erneuerung des Nonnenordens im tibetischen Buddhismus (mit terminologischer Analyse und ITLR-Datenbank-Erweiterung im Bereich monastischer Fachtermini)

• Antragstellerin: Dr. Carola Roloff
• Fachliche Zuordnung: Asienbezogene Wissenschaften
• Förderung: Förderung von 2010 bis 2017
• Projektkennung: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Projektnummer 155080625

The aim of the project is a study of the rituals and rules for the highest ordination of a nun, in that version of the Buddhist monastic law that regulates the school of the Mūlasarvāstivādins and that is largely preserved in Tibetan translation only. According to tradition, full ordination for women was introduced by the Buddha. It was transmitted to several Buddhist countries. In Taiwan, Korea and Vietnam, it spread in accordance with the vinaya of the Dharmaguptakas. In India, Sri Lanka and Nepal, the ordination of nuns became extinct around the 11th or 12th century. So far we have no accounts that full ordination for women was ever introduced to other Buddhist countries, such as Thailand or Tibet. Since the 1970s, efforts have been made by Buddhists worldwide to introduce or re-introduce this ordination, not least because it promises an appreciation of the role of women in society and an improvement of human rights for large parts of Asia. In July 2007 at the University of Hamburg, an international congress on the role of Buddhist women in the order took place, dealing precisely with this interdisciplinary topic. It became clear that, contrary to the prevailing opinion, in the area of the ordination ritual for nuns there exist significant differences between the extant schools of the vinaya. By examining basic texts that have not been evaluated to date in either the research or within the Tibetan exegesis itself, this research project will demonstrate that this tradition continues to impact the lives of some of the female population by selective exegesis.

• DFG-Verfahren: Sachbeihilfen