眞表律師와 ⽅等戒壇 - 『占察善惡業報經』을 중심으로 -

Abstract

Silla monk Jinpyo 眞表(ca. 8th centry) is known as a Vinaya master on the one hand, who rebuilt Geumsan monastery and ordained people at the ordination platform of complete equality(C. fangdeng jietan, K. bangdeung gyedan ⽅等戒壇), and as a Yogācāra monk on the other. The extant records in Jinpyo’s biographies, however, mostly focus on his miraculous behaviors, severe level of repentance, and practice of divination by using wooden “wheels” on the basis of the Zhancha shane yebao jing 占察善惡業報經. Such Jinpyo’s image is quite different from that of his contemporary Yogācāra monks, such as Daehyeon ⼤賢 (ca. 8th century), who is rather known for his sophisticated study of Buddhist doctrines and philosophical works. Moreover, no work is known to us that is attributed to Jinpyo. Given this, the Zhancha shane yebao jing, the sutra that Jinpyo relied on throughout his career, is worth considering as the only textual source, by which we may trace his doctrinal position. This article first considers the doctrinal connection between the ordination platform of complete equality and the Zhancha shane yebao jing, then discusses the supernatural element of the repentance and ordination in Buddhist doctrinal context, and finally examines the similarity between this sutra and the chapter of cultivating faith(C. xiuxing xinxin fen, K. suhaeng sinsim bun 修⾏信⼼分) of the Awakening of Faith(C. Dasheng qixin lun, K. Daeseung gisillon ⼤乘起信論).