『宗鏡錄』의 眞心과 諸 사상 수용 관계 분석적 고찰

Abstract

This study attempted to understand the association of the true mind (真心) with Buddhism through its history from early Buddhism to Zongjing Lu (宗鏡錄) by analyzing the true mind in Zongjing Lu and especially, it attempted to explain the meanings and values of the true mind in Zongjing Lu through examining the context and process that the true mind became the core content of the writing. Because the true mind thought of Buddhism has been developed by incorporating thoughts of various viewpoints through its long history, the thought reflects the trend of the times. Changes in the quality of the true mind have brought many changes in the quantity, and produced various concepts of meditation and different names of the true mind. The true mind is one of the fundamental virtues required in the discipline of Buddhism, and is regarded as very crucial in Indian and Chinese Buddhism. The true mind thought also occupies an important position not only in theoretical meaning but also in historical significance. Historically, it inherited the Indian Buddhist thought and, mixed with Chinese native thoughts, provided a new framework for the flow of Chinese Buddhist thought. The true mind is one of important markers representing the thought of Zen Buddhism(禪宗) and the ideological systems of many other Buddhist sects also attach essential values and meanings to the true mind. In Zongjing Lu, Yongming Yanshou insisted on the agreement of Zen and Teaching and he established his ideological and theoretical system by choosing the one mind(一心) as the subject integrating the divided and corrupted Buddhism into one, and then he built the theoretical system of the true mind based on the in-depth analysis of the one mind. Therefore, the true mind thought in Zongjing Lu is a new ideological system established through accepting and incorporating not only the thoughts of all Buddhist sects but also different ideas of the true mind in different ages throughout the process of the development of the Buddhist thought. As to the process of the formation and development of the true mind, it has not gone far from the idea of ‘the true mind in the one mind’(pure innate mind-自性清淨心) advocated by Indian and Chinese Buddhism. This study attempted to examine how the true mind thought has been developed and what meanings it has received and incorporated that resulted in its association with Tathagatagarbha(如來藏), Buddha-nature(佛性), mean reality(中道實相), consciousness-only(唯識), and Avataṃsaka(華嚴) based on ‘the true mind in the one mind’ in early Buddhism and Theravada Buddhism and the historical background and ideological foundation of Mahayana Buddhism, to analyzed meanings implied by the true mind in each Buddhist scripture, and to discuss the overall connection, significance, and context of mind-consciousness, one mind, and true mind through exploring their association with the mind-consciousness thought in early scriptures.