‘함께하는 삶’의 연기(緣起)적 토대(불교의 사회성 제고를 위한 일고찰)

Abstract

Nowadays, the leading faction of our society distort the real state as if there are no needs of coexistence and solidarity. The ruling of a small number persists when many people erect barriers of each other and show unreasonable royalties to them. The tragedy of atomic human beings comes from the world forcing the endless competition. Man cannot live as atomic beings originally and a healthy society exists in the interdependence and harmony of all the members. Buddhism teaches that 'sharing life' is the reality of the human world. It is based on the theory of causality that all things including human beings depend on each other and change constantly. To put it concretely, there are three truths. 'All is vanity' does not fall on the nihilism, but makes man get over the tragedy of mankind and step on to the enlightenment of Buddha. 'All is selflessness' is not negative, but positive in the way that people open their hearts to each other and exhibit the best everyday. 'The realm of nirvana' is the realization of former two and the great freedom in here and now. All the wisdom and mercy flow out from this stage. Meanwhile, current korean buddhism has been criticized by reason of interpreting reciprocality as individuality. Henceforth, we must go back to teachings of the original buddhism and apply them to real situations.