관음에 대한 체원(體元)의 이해 -백화도량발원문약해를 중심으로-

Abstract

Chewon was a Buddhist priest who played a leading role in the Avatamska order during the second half of Goryeo. His Baekhwadoryangbalwonmun Yakhae made Baekhwadoryangbalwonmun by Uisang of Silla known to the world. Meaning a brief interpretation, Yakhae is an annotation book for Baekhwadoryangbalwonmun and offers a chance to examine Uisang's Avalokitesvara belief through Chewon's commentaries. The book also helps readers approach Chewon's understanding of Baekhwadoryangbalwonmun by examining how he understood and unraveled it. His Yakhae consists of a total of 20 chapters and can be mostly divided into the introduction and main body. In the introduction, Chewon introduced Uisang's biography by quoting Choi Chiwon's Uisangbonjeon. In the main body, he offered his commentaries about the title and body of Baekhwadoryangbalwonmun. This study examines the front part of Baekhwadoryangbalwonmun, which corresponds to the devotion in the title and body. As the title indicates, Baekhwadoryangbalwonmun presents "Baekhwadoryang," the main residence of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, as the object that the prayer is devoted to. By first looking into Avalokitesvara's Daewongyeongji and his pupil's Seongjeongbongak, Uisang states that even though a saint and an ordinary person share no same Uibo and Jeongbo, they remain within the single Daewongyeong. His viewpoint represents the wisdom of the subject who looks into them. The wisdom includes the practice of "Ji" at the stage of discarding delusions and obsessions, being clear like the air, and having no obstacles. When one looks in this true outlook, Avalokitesvara's Daewongyeongji and his pupil's Seongjeongbongak understand each other since they are both Seonggibeopseong. As a consequence, the master (Avalokitesvara) and his pupil (Uisang) achieve Yungseop and become one without even leaving their respective places, which eliminates any distinction between the object and the subject of devotion. In conclusion, the examination of Avalokitesvara by Chewon was not to save people but to perform the path of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva by staying at Baekhwadoryang and explaining Buddhist writings. His pupil, who is an ordinary person to do Balwon, is no different from Avalokitesvara.