从《西游记》看佛教对女性信仰问题的态度

Buddhist Attitude to the Women's Belief in A Journey to the West

从佛教“众生平等”的观念,必然引申出“男女平等”的思想;而由于佛经产生于歧视女性的男权社会,所以在小乘经典里,也夹杂了一些对女性不公的戒条。同理,《西游记》认为,对于男性来说,女性在很大程度上,是欲望的象征,是男性修行路上最大的障碍。小说对女性信仰问题持冷漠的态度。小说中对观音的崇拜和皈依,虽然体现了大乘佛教的平等观念,但对于观音的心路历程,小说则高推圣境,不予剖析,形成了“西天多有女菩萨,西天路上无女人”的叙事模式。

From the concept of “All flesh are equal” in Buddhism, we cannot but amplify on the concept of “Men and women are equal”; at the same time, there are a few dharma unfair to the women Buddhists in the forepart Buddhism because of the sexual discrimination in the society when Buddhism came into being. As well as Buddhism, A Journey to tbe West claims that women are the main handicap to men＇ s practice, and stand for the appetency in some degree, The novel has apathy to women＇s belief. In this novel, the adoration to Kwan - yin is the embodiment of the Buddhist concept of “All flesh are equal”. At the same time, the novel pay no attention to her practice, and then, form a mode that “there are a lot of Women Bodhisattva in the Pure Land, but there isn＇t one women on the way of practice”.