東侊의 생애에 대한 一考

Abstract

This dissertation is for the consideration of Baek, Yongseong’s tactics having an intend to expand his method. So far, the study on Yongseong’s thought, his teaching tactics and succession etc has still stayed on the basic level. On such a background, I implemented the basic study for Seon Master, Donggwang who received a teaching tactics from Yongseong. But Donggwang was not perceived as a discipline of Yongseong, even though he received Jeonbeopge from his teacher, Yongseong. There hardly can find his dharma name on the epitaph of Seon Master, Yongseong at Haein temple, which Han Yongun wrote in 1941, and also on the epitaph of Great Master, Yongseong at Haein Temple, which was established in 1994. Donggwang was a main figure of 3.1 independent movement at Beomeo Temple, Seon Sunim in the 1920’s, studying at Jungang Dharma College, and left his whereabouts of propagation activities in the regions of Beomeo Temple and Gyeongnam. And there come a lot from many logs on Donggwang’s whereabouts. In 1987, a full-scale study was published with a subject, Where you go after throwing away? – Donggwang’s biography on his study and tactics (Jeokseon Temple Publishing Department). Recently, this book was re-published through the process of corrections and supplementations. And Donggwang’s keepsakes were donated to Geumjeong Middle School, Busan, which Beomeo Temple operated. Under such a changed reality, I would like to insert Donggwang’s life into the history of Yongseong. In a radical time, I let a seon practitioner, Donggwang who left fierce steps, practice, tactics, and propagation, stand on the stage of Modern Buddhist history.