천리교의 ‘공간･장소･방위･시간’에 대한 인식과 정토세계 ‒나카야마 미키의 종교체험을 중심으로‒

Abstract

The encounter with ‘the Truth of Origin’ in the religious experience of Nakayama Miki, the founder of Tenrikyo is revelation of the saint. Recognition of place and space through such a religious experience originates from body the space where ‘the Truth of Origin’ and Nakayama Mink become one and the site where this body resides. This is where the center of the world, Kanrodai is and its expansion is ‘Ten Thousand Generations’ symbolizing the entire world. The directions where the original frame and tools existed as the fundamental foundation of creation of humans are six, including northwest, southeast, east, southwest, west and northeast. Also the directions where four of ‘the ten complete gods’ are northeast, southeast, northwest and southwest. ‘Ten Thousand Generations’ recognized by Nakayama is not a past-gone world but a overlapped time where all exist simultaneously right at the moment. The Pure Land, believed to be formed and developed around space, place and direction, may be a transcendent time-space where Nakayama’s body, the Truth of Origin and Kanrodai exist independently from each other and are unified. The ultimate goal of humans in such a world expanded from this is to live in God’s purpose of creation, which is to practice ‘Joyous Life’.