『法集別行錄節要竝入私記』의 경절문 一考 -無心合道門과 看話의 의미 중심으로

Abstract

This article was written based on the critical mind about the terms ‘The door of entering the way with no-mind’ (無心合道門) and ‘Observing the keyword’ (看話), which are terms related to ‘the path of direct cutting’ (徑截門) among the three gates buddhist practice mentioned in the inscription of Chinul (知訥). First, I raised a counterargument to some of the arguments that saw the ‘The door of entering the way with no-mind’ as another practice approach that Chinul opened. It was revealed that such a argument was based on a contextual misreading according to the composition of the original text, and that ‘The door of entering the way with no-mind’ was written to clarify the superiority of Seon Buddhism in the process of citing Qingliang Chengguan's (淸凉澄觀) writings to explain Zongmi(780-841)'s theory of sudden enlightenment and gradual cultivation in detail and to help scholars understand Seon Buddhism properly. In addition, through thorough reading of the original text of Excerpts from the Dharma Collection and Special Practice Record with Personal Notes, the meaning of the term ‘Observing the Keyword’ written by Chinul was identified. In other words, based on the various episodes quoted in the path of direct cutting section of Excerpts from the Dharma Collection and Special Practice Record with Personal Notes, especially the episodes of the Platform Sūtra of the Sixth Patriarch (六祖壇經) cited before citing Zen Analects of Ta-hui (大慧語錄), the structure of the Kanhwa practice approach that Chinul must have had was drawn, and the relationship with Ta-hui (大慧)’s Kanhwa Sŏn was also reviewed. Although Chinul’s Kanhwa practice approach actively borrowed the part of Ta-hui (大慧)’s Kanhwa Sŏn that talks about ‘the ten illnesses of the Investigation of (the Hwadu word of) Mu’ (無字話頭十種病), it was revealed that the equation of ‘The path of direct cutting = Ta-hui Sŏn’ should be reexamined. Through this, it was suggested that when ‘the path of direct cutting’ is named ‘Kanhwakyo˘ngjo˘l mun’ (看話徑截門) and used, the nature of the Kanhwa Sŏn should allocate a large share to the Kanhwa practice approach established by Chinul.