불교정화운동의 인식과 현재적 의미

Abstract

The Buddhist Purification Movement was the most important historical event in modern Korean Buddhist history. The Buddhist Purification Movement was an event in which the problems surrounding the changes in modern Buddhism and the legacy of colonial Buddhism. After President Syngman Rhee's statement in May 1954, bhikku who have survived outside, began fierce activities to seize the power of the Korean Buddhist order. Over the eight years, there have been numerous conflicts between Buddhist monks(bhikku) and married monks to occupy of Jogye order and temples across the country. With the launch of the integrated order 1962, the Buddhist Purification Movement was completed, which resulted in Buddhist monks taking the initiative in Korean Buddhism. However, the Buddhist Purification Movement showed a revolutionary tendency to reverse the leadership of the order in a short period of time, leaving many aftereffects and challenges. The Buddhist Purification Movement is half a century away from now, but it has had a strong impact so far. As the aftereffects of Buddhist purification, there have been left Buddhist self-reliance and monastic order autonomy as tasks of the times. Also, the severance of the perception of the history of modern Buddhism is a matter of reflection. In addition, Buddhist purification has emerged as a slogan for end-to-end reform, which is constantly recalled whenever the Jogye order falls into crisis and chaos. It tells us that Buddhist purification has so far served as an unwavering ideology of Buddhist reform. The Buddhist purification ideology has served as a task for the Jogye Order to realize and as the root of the ever-renewing Buddhist innovation.