한국 선(禪) 수행 이론체계의 부재에 대한 사적 분석 - 천태학의 수용 문제를 중심으로 -

Abstract

The purpose of this dissertation is to analysis about the absence of a theoretical framework in Korean Buddhist practice. In this paper, I had been diagnosed that Cheontae(天台) school could not settled in Goryeo. And in addition, it could not grafted on Chan Buddhism. First, I have explored the religious context of Cheontae doctrine of Ui Cheon(義天, 1055-1101). He constructed Cheontae school in Goryeo in opposition to Chan school and Hwaeom(華嚴) school. But his mentality is on the basis of Hwaeom doctrine, and his understanding for the Cheontae doctrine had margin. He did not investigate Chontae doctrine in itself. This is the first reason that Chontae doctrine has not development in Korean buddhism. Second, I have explored the religious context of Cheontae doctrine of Yo Se(了世, 1163-1245) who initiated Backryun association(白蓮結社). He had faith in Cheontae doctrine, but his mentality is on the basis of Buddhist paradise, so his understanding for the Cheontae doctrine had margin, too. And also his inheritor, Mu Gi(無寄, fl. 1328), emphasized emergency awareness in the age of the decline of the dharma. The accommodation for Cheontae doctrine in Backryun association is very actual revolutional, but tried not to understand Cheontae doctrine itself. Cheontae doctrine does not put down roots in Goryeo in itself. The fact that Cheontae doctrine did not flourish, produces result that the theory of the buddhist practice has not grown in Korean Buddhism. Therefore in order to solve the problem of the absence of a theoretical framework in Korean Buddhist practice, we have to investigate Cheontae doctrine. And it must be grafted on Chan Buddhism.