보조 간화선의 성격과 그 현대적 의의

Abstract

In this paper, I looked into Bojo's Ganhwa-Seon(看話禪), a part of his Seon thought, about its characteristic and modern significance. First, What is the background of the advocacy of Bojo's Ganhwa-Seon?Which position does Ganhwa-Seon gave within the system of Bojo's Seon?Are there ant differences between Bojo and Seongcheol in the viewpoint of understanding about Ganhwa-Seon?What is the significance of Bojo's Ganhwa-Seon in modern society?I drew there following conclusion about these questions. First, Bojo accepted Ganhwa-Seon to remove the trouble of intellectual understanding exposed in his practice. Daehyea's Ganhwa-Seon is prevalent in China at that time. It means that he did not accept Daehyea's Ganhwa-Seon as a sectarian stand-point but subjective and existent. Second, in Bojo's system, Ganhwa-Seon was situated as an effective method of practice to remove the trouble in intellectual understanding showed in the practice of sudden enlightenment and gradual cultivation. And also Ganhwa-Seon was situated as a method to achieve the supreme enlightenment fastest to the trainee of high level practicing Seon. Nevertheless we can see that Bojo didn't reject the method of practice of sudden enlighten-ment and gradual cultivation and Avatamska. Third, Bojo and Seongcheol regarded Ganhwa-Seon as the best method of practice in Seon-sect. And they also recognized that it is easy to fall into the trouble of intellectual understanding in the practice of sudden enlightenment and gradual cultivation. In that point, Seongcheol rejected throughly the practice of sudden enlightenment and gradual cultivation. But Bojo did not reject that practice. On the contrary, Bojo set up the practice as a basic practice and applied Ganhwa-Seon to cure the practice of sudden enlightenment and gradual cultivation in the case of the trainee of high level, Bojo said that they could achieve the supreme enlightenment without delay. This point is the biggest difference between Bojo and Seongcheol about Ganhwa-Seon. Fourth, in the standpoint of Bojo's Seon, the mind is the basic of practice and the method of enlightenment is Hoikwang-banjo(廻光返照) and Ganhwa -Seon. It is to succeed the tradition of Josa-Seon(祖師禪) and Ganhwa-Seon. And that have acted an the foundation of the practicing Seon even now.