동북아시아, 갈등과 증오를 넘어 화해로 가는 길 - 불교적 관점에서 논하다

Abstract

Korea, China, and Japan are geographically proximate to each other. Although historically, through their cultural exchanges, the three countries have also given profits to each other, by pursuing their respective ethnic profits, through aggressive wars, they have left wounds to each other. While, indeed, regarding the three countries, it is a fact that the valleys of hatred have been very deep, it is merely that, entering into the modern times, each country has not held guns and swords. The conflicts have been continuing while they blemish each other. In order to resolve such a matter, the religious people in Korea, China, and Japan have been holding seminars every year with the name of 'The task for establishing the peaceful community of Northeast Asia.' Regarding this thesis, when the seminar was held in Yokohama, Japan in October 2019, I, a discussant, gave a presentation on the topic of 'reconciliation' as the representative of Korea. With regard to the reconciliation by going beyond the conflicts and hatreds, the Buddhist solutions are based on the thoughts of mercy, forgiving, and sympathy in Buddhist teachings. Above anything else, a country must have the happiness of its citizens as its foundation. If the three countries of Korea, China, and Japan cannot reconcile with each other, in the global competition, the economies, the diplomacies, the politics, etc. of the three countries can fall together. As such, since they have common fates like brothers in terms of their cultures and religious aspects, the three countries must keep in mind that they are in the mutually-dependent relationships and that they are co-workers, and they must cooperate with each other. Regarding this, the people who can play a pivotal role in this are the religious people in these countries.