현대사회의 갈등과 불교의 은(恩)

Abstract

If you look at the fundamental structure of conflict, there is ‘confrontation’. And for this conflict to occur, there must be two relative aspects, ‘this and that’. After all, the situation of confrontation and conflict in modern society is created through the ‘relationship division’ such as rich and poor, men and women. Therefore, in order to completely dismantle this conflict, the foundation of the ‘relationship dichotomy’ must first be destroyed. At this time, what is noteworthy is that it is possible to attempt ‘redefinition of relationship’ to resolve conflicts through the doctrine of grace(恩). The Pali kata, which is a translation of silver, originally meant ‘complete’, ‘make’, etc. This is basically under the awareness of ‘relationship’ made by others. Then, this ‘knowing the doctrine of grace’ is to know that one's existence is supported by an existence other than oneself, and this is also directly related to the logic of Dependent Co-arising(緣起), which means that everything is in a mutually related relationship. In other words, the Buddha's doctrine of grace does not distinguish between the two relative aspects of the relationship that our existence forms, namely one side and the other. Therefore, learning the doctrines of grace can be a directional key that can lead us to a world that is not different and not differentiated, a world that is not the relative two sides of ‘this side’ and ‘that side’. In other words, the problem of conflict in our society originates from the stereotype of conflict and friction that began from the way of thinking that separates one side from the other. And the solution to this lies in the ‘reestablishment of relationships’, that is, the ‘doctrine of grace’ that removes the boundaries dividing others.