대한불교조계종의 국제화 전략: 문제점과 방향

Abstract

The present study is concerned with the problem of the internationalization strategies in Korean Buddhist the Jogye Order in the context of the global era. Here called internationalization strategy means the direction of all the activities and objectives to be planned and executed to perform the task. This paper pointed out the following issues. First, What is the historical significance of acceptance of Buddhism among Western intelligences? Secondly, What are the current situations of internationalization strategies in the Jogye Oder in terms of its policy, organization, missionary exchange, management, and education? Third, what can we propose the internationalization strategies and directions for the future? The ideals of Internationalization of Korean Buddhism has already been presented to the relevant laws of the Jogye Order. It is raising considerable achievements in the fields of foreign promotion of Buddhist Temple Stay, Buddhist cultural education, and voluntary service in the international exchange activities among the various Buddhist organizations. These achievements should have a big hope for the future of globalization. But internationalization strategy and its implementation of the Jogye Order when compared to major foreign Buddhist countries is seen still in the early stages. Especially showing significant differences when compared with active overseas missions strategy of Christianity. In order to successfully perform the tasks of Korean Buddhist globalization, it is necessary to recognize the need a great change of the vision for the idea of internationalization. The crucial problem is that there is no specialized training institutions for the foreign missionary. It is required to establish the international Dharma training center. The internationalization strategy requires basic fund and planning. Korean Buddhists should prepare for financing foundation, specializing in human resources training to do so. Globalization of Buddhism is not simply the propagation of Buddha Dharma, but it is the practice of Mahayana Bodhisattva’s Ideal to be achieved by cooperation and partnership among the world Buddhists.