갑사 소조보살입상 腹藏 백지묵서사경 고찰 試論

Abstract

This study set out to investigate the dedicatory prayers text written in 1617 and the manuscript sutra written on white paper in 1388 among the “relics inside the Terracotta Bodhisattva Statue of Gapsa Temple” in Gongju. The manuscript sutra written on white paper is the first example of “Yukgyeonghapbu(six sutras)” format, and its dedicatory prayers text by Pyohun Daeduk holds important significance as the first discovery of writing by prominent monks during the Silla Dynasty. The investigator examined Uisang’s “Ilseoungbeopgye-do(Beopseonggye)” and Pyohun’s “Pyohun Daeduk’s dedicatory prayers text” in the manuscript sutra written on white paper and pointed out a few problems with the interpretation of the former and inferring Pyohun’s ideological origin in his dedicatory prayers text from the analysis and review of the latter. The findings show that Pyohun’s “Pyohun Daeduk’s dedicatory prayers text” was, in terms of formal structure, based on two axes that included ⑴ prayers, birth on lotus and ⑵ prayers, re-birth and going forward to Bodhisattva Path. In terms of content, the text contained Pyohun’s views and acceptance of Yogācāra ideology as a Yogācāra Ācārya; his acceptance pattern of Pure Land Ideology, which he must have acquired in his relationships with Euijeok, one of Uisang’s ten major pupils and his colleagues; his spirit of merit transference, which he seemed to have accepted as a member of Uisang’s Avatamska sect; and the great wish of “Lotus Sutra.”