안정사 땅설법의 전승내용과 민중불교적 특성

Abstract

Ttangseolbeop is a sermon for the public that is delivered to focus on the common people. Using various methods such as stories, songs, and plays, it has a long history in effectively delivering Buddhism effectively to the common people. Ttangseolbeop has also been called of Samhueyang, but it has been revealed that Ttangseolbeop differs from Samhueyang as it has become known that Ttangseolbeop was transmitted by the monk Dayeo. The kind of Ttangseolbeop transmitted at Anjengsa Temple is composed of five main sermons and several additional minor ones. Ttangseolbeop consists of Buddhist scriptures, Byeonsangdo(Buddhist pictures) for sermons, suitable vyuha, ritual implements placed for the sermon, and a play. A sermon is delivered by the head of the Buddhist sect, and a play is performed by monks and believers. The contents of the play contain various bits of folklore such as plays, performances, dances, and songs. They are reconstructed to reflect Buddhist contents. In addition, various traditions of art have been transmitted, including several traditional types of art today due to accepting various and great amounts of folklore of the time. Ttangseolbeop of Anjengsa Temple is based thoroughly on the masses. The subject of Ttangseolbeop is a Buddhist community that consists of monks and believers, and the subject of performance, enjoyment, and transmission is the same. They are a self-sufficient ritual community preparing and making necessary vyuha and ritual implements on their own for Ttangseolbeop. These material elements focused on use are exquisite and have artistic beauty. Ttangseolbeop mainly contains of the process in which the people’s hope is transcended by the Buddhist way. For example, it gives attention to the life stories of women and the lower class living in a poor environment, delivering the possibility that they might have divinity or become a national hero through prayer and asceticism. The truth that a public sermon containing suitable scripts, directions, and scenery for the public level has existed and been transmitted in Korean Buddhism. It is significant and meaningful for academic reasons as well as the perspective of missionary history and Minjung Buddhism.