The fundamental purpose of Buddhism is to accomplish a pure Buddhist nation(Sukkavati) by entering into nirvana through perfect enlightenment. If the enlightenment was the first urgent step to accomplish this fundamental purpose, the establishment of ...
The fundamental purpose of Buddhism is to accomplish a pure Buddhist nation(Sukkavati) by entering into nirvana through perfect enlightenment. If the enlightenment was the first urgent step to accomplish this fundamental purpose, the establishment of Sukkavati through the enlightenment of public by doing good for the world recompense socially would be the complete phrase.
From the view point of history, the enlightenment of an individual is possible, but actually simultaneous enlightenment of all public is too much difficult. Taking into account this reality, therefore, it's necessary to lead the enlightenment of the public by preaching more effectively what an individual enlightened. In answering to this need, the most effective method for delivering and preserving the information according to the development of times have been used. Classifying these roughly, they are divided into three ; the method utilizing personal media, the method using printing media, and the method using electric wave media.
Internet among the electric wave media is possible for exchanging multimedia information mutually without the restriction of time and space as well as mending and complementing the information at any time in case of need, so it rises an the most effective information delivery media in the age of information and internationalization. Therefore, the necessity for applying internet positively for the most effective propagation of Buddhism in this age of information and internationalization comes to the fore.
Especially, nowadays, the religious power of Korean Buddhism boasting of the perpetual history for 1600 years or more falls behind by Protestantism and Catholicism in Buddhism-Propagation in the cyber world utilizing internet, called as the flower of the information age, as well as is backward by newly flown Protestantism in many departments of real world such as temple, educational institution, social welfare institute, newly made company, press · broadcasting, medical institution, priest, preacher, the religious ceremony of the Buddhist, etc. Facing up to the reality, to overcome the problem and to conform a right mental culture by becoming the ideological prop of approaching 21 century, it needs in Buddhism to concentrate our energies on Buddhism-Propagation to the youth, college(graduate school) students, professional workers, and businessmen those who will become the leading part of 21 century.
In addition, the more delicate preparation for Buddhism-Propagation utilizing internet should be made that's because most of all, these classes account for the highest rate in using internet.
Also, each temple and company should play the role of the advanced base for oversea propagation by generalizing the internet use by the Buddhist through internet education, promoting professionalism of each newly made company and professional institution by utilizing internet website, constructing integrated Buddhist internet channel in the dimension of whole religious order for people all over the world to understand more easily Korean Buddhism.
Finally, facing up to the reality that now Protestantism and Catholicism have enlarged their religious power by utilizing internet positively, there must be a study on what Korean Buddhism has prepared for the Buddhism-Propagation in the age of information and internationalization of 21 century until now, and what will have to be prepared from now on, and a more deep study on the method of utilizing internet, the most effective information delivery media in the age of internationalization, to propagate Buddhism positively.