원불교의 탈불교화 과정에 대한 연구

Abstract

The relation between Won-Buddhism and Buddhism may be one of important factors to decide not only the identity of the Won-Buddhist Order but also the orientation of the present and future of Won-Buddhism. Recently it is also emerging up as a heart issue among many controversies concerning the revision of the Constitution of Won-Buddhism. From such perspective, I tried to elucidate why Won-Buddhism walked a path of de-Buddhistization through the history of Won-Buddhism. This presentation of an issue is based on the perspective that the Society for the Study of the Buddhadharma established by Sotaesan Park Jungbin's enlightenment had succeeded to the traditional Buddhadharma. Accordingly I suggested the Buddhist view of Sotaesan Park Jungbin first, and then analyzed The Principal Book of Buddhism as a scripture of early times. And I suggested that the Society for the Study of the Buddhadharma, as an early Order, was modern activities of the Buddhist association movement. Nevertheless, after the title of Won-Buddhism has changed in 1948, the Order's keeping distance from Buddhism had appeared. Especially in order not to be restricted by The Buddhist Property Management Law declared in 1962, the Order itself presented a petition to the government to sever the relation with Buddhism. From such incident the de-Buddhistization accelerated. As well, it examined the Order's perspective on Buddhism which was revealed at the transition process of The Constitution of Won-Buddhism. From the early Constitution, established at the same time with the Order's founding, to the present Constitution, the Won-Buddhist Order has inherited the truth view and the world view of Buddhism. Especially the article of The Buddha of an Original Guide shows this point very well. Moreover, in 1990's the Supreme Dharma Council, the Won-Buddhist highest resolution organization, elucidated clearly the Won-Buddhist standpoint about the relation with Buddhism. Accordingly, the recent Won-Buddhist awareness about the de-Buddhistization was derived from a series of historical process, and deviated from the standpoint of the Order which officially declared the unity of Buddhism and Won-Buddhism.