백용성스님의 해인사 및 고암스님과의 인연

Abstract

First of all, there are many stories about affinity between Yongseong Sunim and Haeinsa though, I've got some points for it. First, it is the temple for entering the Buddhist priesthood. The place where Yongseong Sunim reentered the Buddhist priesthood is Gueknakam. I could know his humane agony that had become the background of entering the Buddhist priesthood, especially with 『My Repentance Note』, recently unfolded as his holograph. Second, Yongseong Sunim gained 4th enlightenment, the place where he made verses of 3rd enlightenment was Haeinsa. Third, the place where his teachings was spread was also Haeinsa. Forth, as one of Mahasangha, to return his favor to the temple for entering the Buddhist priesthood, he had a role as a fund-raiser to mend the woodcutting of the complete collection of Buddhist Sutras. Yongseong Sunim's power of Buddha's teaching moved the mind of Kingdom, they let him finish the work as a national business. Fifth, about 10 times of the Dharma meetings and the high-seat Dharma talks also have a big meaning when it comes to affinity. Sixth, he supervised the assembly for administration of precepts of Buddhism, the full precepts and Bodhisattva precepts, at the diamond precepts platform, Haeinsa. He restored Sila and Vinaya which were getting in disorder, erected position of the clean Bhikkhu's religious body. And the next, I had a consideration about the affinity between Yongseong Sunim and Goam Sunim. First, Goam Sunim had been keeping his affinity with Yongseong Sunim from 18 years old, so he had a chance to enter the Buddhist priesthood at Haeinsa. In the background Goam Sunim became a student of Jesan Sunim at Haeinsa, there was an influence by Yongseong Sunim. Second, as an assistant for Yongseong Sunim's independence movement, Goam Sunim had a role to make independence movement achieved going around Yanbian and Harbin, in China, running errands. Third, Goam Sunim spent his whole lifetime to study following Yongseong Sunim's teaching. Participated in Unmun Seon Monastery, Mangwolsa zen meditation association for 10000days, and Naewonsa association etc, doing a zealous practice with great silence, finally he got enlightenment. For 22 years, he served his teacher, Yongseong and studied teaching, and at the age of 40, he could have the dharma name as Goam, precepts from his teacher, became a disciple who spread the dharma and received the dharma. Goam Sunim established Yongtap Seon Center to protect Yongseong Sunim's memorial stone and the stone monument tower after Yongseong Sunim's death, and also set up an incorporated foundation, Daegak society. Moreover, succeeding to Yongseong Sunim's will, he devoted himself to set up the clean practice religious body as a chief of the Korean Buddhist Jogye Order, 3 times. In such a back side of Goam Sunim's achievement, it seemed that Yongseong Sunim's teaching played a big role.