삼국시대 명문을 가진 소금동불상 분석을 통한 고대인의 불교신앙생활

Abstract

Small Gilt Bronze Buddha statues are found in pagodas as parts of the sarira or temples. Considering that the Yoo Jum temple's 53-Buddha statues are enshrined in Yoo Jum temple as the main Buddha statues and became as an object of reverence and the example of 1000-Buddha statues' cave of the Long Mun caves temples, the Yeon Ga 7th year's inscription-Buddha statue and other 1000-Buddha statues have a high probability of being enshrined in a temple. Also the Buddha statues of praying for repose of the deceased, which take up the most part of miniature gilt bronze Buddha statues with inscriptions, were probably taken to a certain place in the temple and worshiped. This is similar to the examples of the 53-Buddha or 1000- Buddha. The reason why the construction of Won Chals(temples for praying for repose of the dead) were popular among the aristocrats is probably same as people without such financial abilities made small gilt bronze Buddha statues and prayed for the dead. These statues were enshrined in the temple and revered. From this we can see that in aristocrats or in peoples of lower social status, praying for the dead by building Buddha statues was popular, although there was a difference in the scale. The primary motive of building Buddha statues was to revere the dead, and the popularity of the Siddhartha statues as objects of wishing can be inferred from its high share of the Buddha statues.