백용성 계율사상의 계승의식 - 동산·고암·자운을 중심으로 -

Abstract

Baek Yong Sung’s performances, achievements, and influences are diverse and enormous. Among Baek Yong Sung’s various achievements, first of all, this research study attempts to summarize his achievement on the Buddhism precept. Also this research study tries to investigate how followers and disciples of Yong Sung percieved on Yong Sung’s thought on the Buddhism Precept as well as what they inherited from Yong Sung’s thought on the Buddhism Precept. Regarding to Yong Sung’s performance on the Buddhism Precept, it was a good example for him to prevent the spread of the Japanese Buddhism regime that would allow Buddhist monks to take wives and eat meats around the Korean Buddhism regime. That is, Yong Sung criticized the Japanese Buddhism regime that would allow Buddhist monks to take wives and eat meats, and he proposed his way of reforming Korean Buddhism that specified the Korean Buddhism regime should not allow the Japanese Buddhism regime toward Japanese colonial government twice at that time. Also Yong Sung transmitted, what he had been inherted from his predecessor, Susang Suky’s lineage -the Korean Buddhism precept lineage starting from the latter period of Lee dynasty- to his disciples. Therefore, he made continous efforts in the establishment and maintenance of the Korean Buddhism Order. There were quite number of disciples who inherited from Yong Sung’s thought on the Buddhism precept and transmitted the precept lineage to their own descendants in return. This research study, however, focus on the performance of Ha Dongsan, Youn Goam, Kim Jawoun, respectively. For example, Ha Dongsan received the Buddhism precept lineage from Yong Sung and he gave it to descendants in return at Bumah Temple. For a while, in a light of maintaining Yong Sung’s thought on the Buddhism precept, Ha Dongsan made his contribution in the purification of the Korean Buddhism Order. This could be said that the spiritual connection of Yong Sung’s thought on the Buddhism precept into the purification movement of the Korean Buddhism Order. Youn Goam, after he was authorized to transmit the Buddhism precept from Yong Sung, had lived as a clean precept defensor until the date of his death. He tried to send the important message of keeping the Korean Buddhism precept toward monks and common Buddhism believers wherever he stayed there. Furthermore, after the purification movement of the Korean Buddhism Order, he contributed in increasing support forthe Buddhist monks to keep the Buddhism precept rigidly. Kim Jawoun, after he was authorized to transmit the Buddhism precept from Yong Sung, he had very active performances as a modern buddhism precept defensor in the research study of the Buddism precept, in the publication of the Buddism precept book, in the establiment of Chonwha Youlwon and Gamro stairway, in the resurrection of the two-tier monk education system. Likewise, Yong Sung’s thought and spirituality on the Buddism precept has mainly transmitted into his disciples and practicized. Thus, Yong Sung’s thought on the Buddism precept still has preserved in the recent Korean Buddhism. Afterwards, we hope further research study on the precious value of Yong Sung’s thought and spirituality on the Buddism precept continuously.