원효의 『미타증성게』와 『징성가』는 같은 작품인가?

Abstract

Two poems about Pure Land(淨土)are written by Wonhyo(元曉:617-686): A Verse on Amita Buddha’s Enlightenment(彌陀證性偈) and A Verse on Pure Nature(澄性歌). The former is cited in Jeoryo(節要) of Bojo Chinul(普照知訥:1158-1210), and the latter is cited in the inscription of Wonmyo Yose(了世:1163-1245) by Choi Ja(崔滋). Kim Sang-hyun(金相鉉:1947-2013) defined A Verse on Pure Nature as a part of A Verse on Amita Buddha’s Enlightenment, treating as the same piece of work. He did not acknowledge the originality of A Verse on Pure Nature and assumed that there was a missing content, the commemoration of Pure Land could have been stated in between each poems. On the other hand, Han Tae-sik(Bo-kwang) argues that A Verse on Amita Buddha’s Enlightenment and A Verse on Pure Nature are each individual works. A Verse on Pure Nature was described as a chanting for funeral ritual because Wonmyo Yose chanted it before his own death. However, I pointed out that it is an error relying on single example to interpret the actual purpose of the poem. I interpreted the two poems have their own originality in the character and philosophical background. A Verse on Amita Buddha’s Enligthenment is a poem praising Amita Buddha’s enlightenment and salvation for every sentient beings based on the thoughts of Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra. In the meanwhile, A Verse on Pure Nature is a poem praising Amita Buddha’s enlightenment and salvation for every sentient beings and persuading them to rebirth in the Pure Land(Sukhāvatī) by chanting ‘Namo Amitābha’ that was instructed in the Sūtra of Contemplation on the Buddha of Immeasurable Life.