불교의 예수재와 죽음 교육

Abstract

Humans are very fragile enough like thin glass trembling with fear to death. Then humans are striving after the other consoling devices but cannot help persuading to accept the reality of death. It is not easy for them instantly adopt death figure in their terrain of life. But once, they understand and accept the reality of life and death, it will help providing them less fear and will guarantee much joy of life for the rest of life. So, there are tendencies to create consensus of the need for 'Death Education' especially nowadays in Korea. In Buddhism, we could find that such trials of accepting the reality of death have been integrated into a certain form through religious and cultural traditions from more than two and half thousand years from India and regenerated as a ritual form of Buddhist Pre-Death Purification Service to Buddhas, Bodhisattvas and the Ten Destiny Judge Kings which have been in charge of well beings of the deceased. Buddhist in China have practiced for more than a thousand years with such a ritual. However, most of the people in these days forget to understand the goals and functions of the rituals and regard it only as of mechanical procedures traditionally to be followed up. That's because most of Buddhist could not realize that they possess such a tremendous tools of death education in hand. Pre-Death Purification Service for after-death well-being is one of services consist of several ceremonies like 'Releasing of Captive Lives' 'Making Ransom Money for Ten Destiny Judge Kings and their officials' 'Offering Service for Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, Ten King Destiny Judges and their officials for the sake of donner of after death well-being' If Buddhist update some modern psychotherapeutic devices like personal or group psychotherapy skills or communication skill onto the Pre-Death Purification Service, that could be reborn as one the leading and cutting edge Death Education program for Buddhist.