K-명상과 간화선

Abstract

This paper is a study focused on the identity of K-meditation, which has recently emerged. First of all, K-meditation is a unique Korean method, and it excludes meditation systems that are currently recognized as mainstream in foreign countries. Vipassana is a Southern Buddhist tradition, mindfulness meditation such as MBSR and MBCT are imported products from the United States, and Om Ma Ni Pe Me Hung is a Tibetan meditation, so it cannot be included in the type of K-meditation. K-meditation focuses on Cheating Buddha and Ganhwaseon, focusing on perspectives that have historically survived and been inherited in Korea for a long time. In particular, because the definition of K-meditation is very important to examine how Korean meditation is viewed from the perspective of foreigners who practice meditation rather than internal factors, the opinions of 10 foreign disciples of Seon master Gusan are investigated. As a result, we observed that they all consistently recognized Korean meditation as ‘Ganhwa Seon’. Next, a typology of meditation is presented. Here, it is divided into classification according to the object or topic of meditation, classification according to qualitative goals, classification according to the overall process such as system, and an integrated fusion of different meditations such as chanting and Hwadu. Lastly, in order to develop Ganhwa Seon and create a new cultural dynamic, various combinations or combined meditation methods of Ganhwa Seon and other meditation methods were presented. In doing so, a new method of Ganhwa Seon was sought that broke away from the Seon questions and answers of the Tang and Song Dynasties.