『今昔物語集』에 나타난 업(業)의 고찰

Abstract

To identify human life in 『Konzakumonogatarisyu』, we need access from various angles. Karuma was one of the inevitable concepts to all peoples in the hierarchy. People think their present appearance and work are karuma. Thus, karuma becomes an important clue to people’thoughts. First, good-karuma compared with bad-karuma is used as a similar concept to good-heart, good-roots, buddhist-heart. And the number of bed-karuma stories is overwhelmingly more than good-karuma stories. The reason is that buddhist colors are strong in the word ‘karuma’, and specific act and retribution attract attention and interest. Especially noticed, the process of living makes up bad-karuma, and people thought can die to run away from past life karuma. Also in relation karuma and the nether world, various consciousness worlds of the time are being developed. Even if it is a monk as Chiko who has a great discipline and performance, it is difficult to make borning in paradice with a scattered heart. A monk as Raiko who is thorough on a perform buddhist sutra chanting and thinking of paradise in the head, can be born in paradase, reflect strongly the pure land thought of the Heian age. Meanwhile the stories of Tachiyama hell has a vivid description of the underworld. Since suffering in the afterlife is due to karuma, nobody can replaceit. But that was not absolute, like a sutra chanting and transcription of Beopwha buddhism scripture and Kunkangbanya buddhism scripture, by the power of buddhism, it was aiso possible to destroy karuma. Invariant karuma consciousness is also strong, people’karuma can never be changed like ten thousand years of rock. But this can also be eliminated whit the help of Jijang bodhisattva. This means that the people wanted the hand of salvation.