염불 공효(功效)의 실천적 의미 연구 - 운제산 자장암 사리분신(舍利分⾝) 영응(靈應) 사례를 중심으로

Abstract

This paper examines the significance and function of Buddhānussati to contemporary Buddhist practitioners. The main text is a miracle case of 'sarira' increased by practicing Buddhānussati in the Jajangam(慈藏庵) Temple. Here, I focused on the practicing ways of Buddhānussati of this case and tried a reductive analysis on the effect (功效) of Buddhānussati. It was confirmed that the monk of this case has a belief that Buddhānussati invokes mutual response between the practitioner and the Buddha-Bodhisattvas, leading the practitioner to Samādhi. Especially for Seon(禪) practitioners, Buddhānussati is not regarded simply as a vocal invocation of the names of Buddhas as saviors. It is a performance that enables the sensing of the virtues of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas with the whole body and mind of the practitioners. It includes the belief that his mind is also the Buddha. And the vow of a practitioner is the most important factor in delivering the powers of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas to him. As a contemporary Seon monk, the protagonist of this case followed the tradition of Korean Seon Buddhism, accepting Buddhānussati as a means of Seon. This shows, although Ganhwaseon(看話禪) has been considered as the best way to enlightenment, that Buddhānussati still maintains its significance among contemporary Korean Buddhist practitioners.