완주 송광사의 창건 배경 및 조선후기 불교 문파와의 관계

Abstract

After Wonamsa temple in the northeast of Jeonju, the capital of Jeolla-do province, was burnt down in 1622, the monks who have resided there started to build a new temple near it. They named it Songgwangsa arguing that they just fulfilled the prophecy of the famous Goryeo dynasty Seon[Zen] master Jinul who dropped by the place and made a mark for a wonderful temple site in the future when wandering all the country before he settled down at Songgwangsa in Suncheon. They also tried to invite the famous patriotic monk-general and Seon[Zen] master Byeogam Gakseong who resided at the Songgwangsa in Suncheon and led the Buhyu school to secure the prestige for their new temple. They asked the provincial governor to order Byeogam Gakseong just appointed as the general manager of a newly built mountain castle for the protection of Dynasty Records in the Jeolla province to move to the new temple as a leader. Following the request Byeogam Gakseong moved to the new temple with his disciples and completed the foundation of it. He presided the enshrinement ceremony of the main Buddha statue and hold the Huayan sutra lecture commemorating it for 50days. The indigenous monks respected him as their master and the new Songgwangsa was regarded as one of the important temples of Buhyu school. Though he returned to Sanggyesa in Jiri mountain, his main temple, in 1642, Byeogam Gakseong maintained the relation with the new temple in Wanju and its monks. It remained as a foothold of Buhyu school during 17th century. But in the 18th century the influence of Cheongheo school, the rival of Buhyu school and most influential Seon lineage in late Joseon dynasty, infiltrated Songgwangsa in Wanju. Mugyeong Jasu, native of Jeonju and ordained at Songgwangsa, had learned under Chugye Yumun of Cheongheo school and established his identity as a successor of the school. Becoming the influential senior of the temple in 1730s, he made the portraits of the eminent monks of the school enshrined in Songgwangsa. Since then the influence of Cheongheo school became stronger in the temple. It must have been because of this special character of this temple that the Seoyeok junghwa haedong buljo wonryu (the Lineage of Indian, Chinese and Korean Patriarchs), the genealogy of Seon monks which cherishes the tradition of both the Buhyu and the Cheongheo school was edited and printed there.