육자대명왕진언⋅천수다라니 수행과 깨달음 - 龍城禪師의 眞言持誦을 중심으로 -

Abstract

The main focus of this present work will try to correlate of the Buddhist Enlightenment and Practices specially on the view reciting of mantra practices with Two Mantras of One thousand-hands and Six-syllabus according to the master Yong-sung. Master Yong-sung, one of the great masters of the Korean modern Buddhism, had devoted himself to ascetic practices in studying the mantra of great compassion and the mantra of six syllabus since around 19 years old at the Dosolam of Bokwang temple located in Yangju after entering the priesthood. After his reaching first enlightenment, Master Yong-sung translated and published the Sutra of Six-syllabus Mantra and the Sutra of One Thousand-hands into Korean. Based on the mentioned books published by Master Yong-sung, how he accepted and thought about the Mantra of Six-syllabus and the Dharani of One Thousand-hands and what the related philosophical issues were have been investigated in this thesis. From the broader perspective, this thesis also investigated what the viewpoints to them were in the philosophy of Esoteric Buddhism which is the origin of the mantras. And the comparative investigation of the viewpoints of Master Yong-sung and the philosophy of Esoteric Buddhism, and the comparative analysis of mantras of the Korean Zen Masters were the core themes of this thesis. As the Mantra of Six-syllabus has 5 Buddhas and Vajrasattva's world, corresponding to Buddha and the Human-beings respectively, as its symbolic contents, the worlds which are symbolized by the 5 Buddhas and Vajrasattvas can be realized by the ascetic practices for the Mantra of Six-syllabus. The Sutra of Six-syllabus Mantra and the Sutra of One Thousand-hands had been the important foundation of the faith of Avalokitesuvara Boddhisattva in Korea. A common point of both Sutras lies in the reciting of mantra practices. If you reach deep state of mind by the reciting of mantra practices, you may purge the mind of false notions and find connection points to unify the restless mind. From Master Yong-sung's characteristic viewpoint after having experienced several times of spiritual awakening, however, the reciting of mantra practice was not considered simply as a first step of practice of koan-zen but as a basis of the whole ascetic mantra practices. It explains that Master Yong-sung's view to the reciting of mantra practice is in the same context with that of the doctrine of Esoteric Buddhism, reaching remarkably supreme level. Therefore it can be understood why the Mantra of Six-syllabus and the Dharani of One Thousand-hands have been cared by the past zen-masters and are popular even today not only among the temples but also among the ordinary people.