그리스도교의 청빈서원에 대한 고찰 -불교의 무소유정신과의 비교를 시도하며-

Abstract

Identity crisis of the modern catholic religious is the crisis of 'poverty vow.' It started with intrinsic causes such as problems of rich religious communities in which the religious do not live themselves by the original spirit of poverty vow as well as extrinsic causes such as capitalism which promotes consumerism. Buddhism might suffer from the same maladies. The spirit of poverty vow is directed toward Divine Kingdom which Jesus Christ declares. Divine Kingdom is the state in which divine rule has been realized, the world in which divine charity has been shown. The religious choose the spirit of poverty and empty themselves in order to realize Divine Kingdom that Jesus Christ has shown in the world. The spirit of non-possession which the Buddhist practice is oriented toward Enlightenment. The obstacle to enlightenment is the attachment to possession, and the only way to overcome the attachment is the way of non-possession. In this respect the spirit of non-possession is necessary for the monks in order to get enlightenment. The spirit of non-possession of Mahayana Buddhism is not much different from that of Theraveda Buddhism. Practice of non-possession is oriented toward obtaining of Wisdom Paramita(般若婆羅蜜). The orientation of Non-possession in Buddhism appears to be different from that of poverty vows of Christians. However, fundamental enlightenment that the spirit of non-possession of Buddhism is oriented does not lie in private epistemic turn, but in the benefitting oneself(自利行) to one benefits others(利他行). Is not the one who remains oneself through practice to Buddha and builds Buddha Land(佛國土) the one who is really acquire Enlightenment? If enlightenment of the buddhist monk is directed toward the establishment of Buddha Land in which Buddha's mercy is realized, then it can meet with Divine Kingdom that the Christian religious is oriented toward and divine mercy is shown.