이광수 소설의 대승불교 사상 연구

Abstract

Chunwon Lee Gwang-soo's Buddhism was based on his childhood, and continued throughout his life. He not only read Buddhist scriptures such as the Avatamska Sutra, the Sutra of the Lotus, the Sutra of perfect enlightenment, Prajñā-Paramitā Sutra, and Shurangama Sutra, but also practiced Buddhist asceticism. Therefore, his Buddhism was widely extended to cover the whole Mahayana Buddhism thoughts. First, Lee Cha-Don’s Death, the Love, and Saint Wonhyo well illustrate the importance of ‘Bosalhaeng’(Way to Buddhism) that a boddhisattva has to practice or 'six paramita' for enlightenment. Second, “Mumyung” and "the Dream" show the fundamental reality that the first reason and even one’s reality do not exist. Third, in "Yukjanggi"(Record of House Selling) and "Nanjeoh" showed Lee Gwang-soo was practicing Buddhist asceticism. In "Yukjanggi", the Sutra of the Lotus and silent reading of the Buddhist scriptures were well expressed, and in "Nanjeoh," Ganwhaseon asceticism is presented. Fourth, the Great King Sejo analyzes that Great King Sejo had not reached true penitence in the end due to self-awareness of existence through karma. Chunwon's Buddhist novels are connected to traditional novels on thoughts in terms of quantity and quality. Especially the Mahayana Buddhism on his novels still has values as 'traditional cultural thoughts.'