『유마경』 「문질품」에서 칭병(稱病)의 상징성과 종교심리학적 의의 고찰

Abstract

As a scripture that revealed the je thought of Mahayana Buddhism, which says that even a Buddhist who lives in the mundane world without entering the Buddhist priesthood can attain Buddhahood if he or she performs the Buddhism properly, and the specific grounds for putting into practice, the Vimalakirti Sutra has been receiving the recognition of the value. As is widely known already, the Buddhist sermon that is emphasized in the Munjilpum in this scripture and that has the visit to Vimalakirti, who is ill, as the medium shows the core thought of the Vimalakirti Sutra well. The core topic of this thesis is the malingery of Vimalakirti. By making his illness as an expedient and while explaining the meaninglessness of the body, Vimalakirti has been edifying the people. The cause of such sickness of Vimalakirti lies in the merciful heart of Bodhisattva, which does not look at himself and the people differently. In this thesis, the ultimate realization that had been argued for by Vimalakirti had been looked at as the completion or the maturity of the human beings. And the meaning of the malingery of Vimalakirti had been taken a look at from the religious psychological viewpoint. Here, it had been confirmed that, between the philosophy of Nietzsche, which had received the influence of the Buddhist thought, and the Buddhist thought, there are the common points regarding the pain and the healing. And the common points had been taken a look into in preparation for the theory of the 3 phases of the changes of the human beings of Zarathustra.