Up to the present, studies on how Internet has influence on the Korean Buddhism and how we apply internet to Korean Buddhism were rare. First of all, we need to set up the concept of internet propagandism. There are two senses in that, one is the prop...
Up to the present, studies on how Internet has influence on the Korean Buddhism and how we apply internet to Korean Buddhism were rare. First of all, we need to set up the concept of internet propagandism. There are two senses in that, one is the propagandism that propagate Buddhism to the person who don't know Buddhism, and the other is the propagandism that lead Buddhists steps in the path of dharma.
Above all things, internet propagandism is very affirmative in point of giving teachings, of Buddhism to the person who don't know Buddhism. Therefore, we need to apply internet to the Buddhism propagandism. The advent of internet that overcome limitations of time and space gave many changes in our human life.
In Chapter 2, social appearances and characteristics of information society are surveyed, and position and state of Buddhism in the information society are diagnosed, and the actual condition of Buddhism information level is surveyed. In chapter 3, concept and methods of internet propaganda are proposed and temple-stay, weekend training program, and ascetic exercises course as the successful cases of internet propaganda are introduced. Within the internet propaganda, developing of the Buddhism culture contents and the problems awaiting of the are inspected. In Chapter 4, the influence of the cyber space like homepage and cyber community is examined and new phenomena of the cyber reality and the cyber space are examined. Also, multiplying propaganda media as a method of carrying out thesis of internet propaganda is suggested.
In early internet days, anonymity is the representative characteristic which is bring explosive growth of internet. But now, it is moving into person media that takes the shapes of avata, blog, communities. Applying diverse media like avata, blog, internet broadcasting, satellite broadcasting is the needs of the times. Present persons don't want to stay in member of one huge community, and want to reveal themselves and their activities and opinions. How satisfy this needs of revealness is the vital question of internet propagandism. Research on the actual condition of information level was made in April 2002, there is difference between the state of that time and the present. It is difficult to perform vast research personally, that is the limit of this paper. Cyber world is changing rapidly, it is needed to cope with the situation flexibly and to study deeply.
Internet is another world ; we say that things which doesn't exist in the internet do not exist in the real world. In that place, power and shape of the real world is reflected, but that are maintained in another manner. In cyber world, Person can communicate with anyone in the world, and with several millions if persons simultaneously. In cyber world, weak person of the real world can be the strongest. Of course, the opposite is true.
Buddhism isn't up to western religion including Christianity in the power and organization in the real world. But in cyber world, Buddhism is well qualified as the first class religion of this country, Korea. Jogye Order played a leading role in that. The staffs of the responsible department elevated information level of Jogye Order with passion and efforts under the direction of leading member Jogye Order planning office. Civil affairs through internet is up to 98%, and Jogye Order Homepage is organized huge Buddhism information systemically. Famous writers are taking active parts in columnist, and huge information including Buddhism, History, the Sutras, the biographies of the saints of all sects are organized. Inauguration of Jogye Order of Korea Buddhism Information Technology Agency will advance on globalism of Korean Buddhism. Finally, this paper proposes 'Internet Propagandist', 'Internet Monk' training program and hub site establishment to provide Buddhism information synthetically and systematically. Finally, Buddhism of 21C have to make every effort to make harmony of the cyber world and the real world.