동아시아 신종교의 삼교합일론 비교연구－중화 일관도와 한국 대순진리회를중심으로－

Abstract

Maybe the most representative characteristic of East Asian cultureconcerning to spiritual area is the tradition of Three Religions. Generally speaking, the East-asian culture is the complex ofConfucianism, Buddhism, Daoism as a whole. It means that thepercentage of religions in culture is much more than the others andneeds to attention on the unique context that has comparable thingwith western one. The main object of this research is to compare with two EastAsian modern new religions. The comparative study is focused onChinese I-Kuan Dao and Korean Daesoonjinrihoe and the main issueis “the three religions are one”. The ultimate purpose of thisresearch is to seek the methodology of study in East asian newreligions according to comparing how these two new religionsinterpretate the three traditional religions and harmonize them to theoneness. In this article I am writing on the main difference between twonew religions. The first one is that the I-Kuan Dao emphasizereturning to the original nature and it will realize “three religionsare one”. On the other hand Daesoonjinrihoe has stressed the integration of three religions seeking after the mature stage step bystep. The second one is the difference of world view between tworeligions. I-Kuan Dao has a view of Samgimalgup(the final disasterof three stage). Daesoonjinrihoe has a view of Huchungaebyuk(greattransformation of Later World). The third one is the difference ofcore religion between them. I-Kuan Dao regard Confucianism as thecore religion. Daesoonjinrihoe regard Korean Daoism as the corereligion. In this research we can refer the identity of East Asiannew religions based on this conclusion.