정토교에서의 깨달음 문제

Abstract

The first step of Pure land faith is to believe the existence of Amitaba Buddha and Pure land. Raising the believing mind is none other than raising enlightening mind. Enlightening mind is the fight cause of being reborn in the pure land. It is certainly explained in <Three sutras of Pure land>. Shilla Master Wonhyo made it clear saying that the merit of raising enlightening mind had no limit, resulting in the right cause. The merit is so great that it is still effective even though one retreats after raising one's mind. However, chanting the Buddha is only assisting cause for being reborn in the pure land. Next, it is 'samadhi by seeing the Buddha' which can be attained during one's life. Seeing the Buddha deletes all doubts, resulting in the status of no regression. Tht status means the 7th status of Bodhisattva, often no regression from the supreme enlightenment. Seeing the Buddha is possible both in the meditation and dream. In pure land teaching, seeing the Buddha indicates the same position as seeing the Buddha nature in the Zen sector. Finally, the paper examined attainment of the reborn person. First, the person reborn in the pure land attains no-birth dharma, and takes the status of no regression. Such status of no-birth is interpreted differently according to the dimensions, generally considered as first status. Second, the reborn person attains the status of one-life place, which is the status of realization among 51 statuses. In this case, if one wants to save sentient beings and returns to the world, one is excluded from the one-life place. Therefore, the reborn person does not become a buddha, the time is diverse following the statuses.