소태산 박중빈의 불교개혁사상에 나타난 구조 고찰

Abstract

This paper is a study on the structure of reformative thoughts ofBuddhism by launched Sotaesan Jung-Bin Park(1891∼1943) whofounded the Institute of Buddha-Dharma in 1924 that has beenchanged to Won-Buddhism in 1948. This writer think that Sotaesanpresented 3 parts as the intention points of Buddhism reform byhimself. Firstly, unifying material and spirit, politics and religion,monk and layman, life and practice etc., secondly, all-embracing ofreligious thoughts in the world based on the teachings of Buddhism,thirdly, social reform based on the thoughts of Buddhism. Thereformative thoughts of Buddhism launched by Sotaesan who reformedtraditional Buddhism world, consists of 3 structural elements too. Firstly, it is about the relation between the statues of the Buddhaand the Dharmakāya Buddha whose another name is Il-Won(OneCircle) in Won-Buddhism. The statues of the Buddha was worshipedas the great object of devotion in most of Korean temples. Sotaesanthought many statues of the Buddha treated as myths should besimplified for catching the true teachings of Buddha as like Buddhismreformers asserted in modern times. He enshrined Dharmakāya-Buddhainstead of Buddhist image to reveal the fundamental idea of Buddha. Secondly, Sotaesan completed Jeongjeon(正典) as the text of Buddha-Dharma. It contains the teachings of Buddha and Sotaesan. AndJeongjeon as Won-Buddhist core scripture is based on the viewpointof Mahāyāna Buddhism. He preached that the teachings in scripturesshould be kept up with the times and be angled towards viewers ofthe public. Thirdly, Sotaesan planed to make traditional Samgha inBuddhism open to society. He put this plan into practice through theInstitute of Buddha-Dharma. It was equally open to both monks andlaymen. This system is from Mahāyāna Buddhism that criticized Samghaof the established order. He has broken up three treasures, that is, Buddha, Dharma, andSamgha in traditional Buddhism and reconstructed these to modernsystem based on the fundamental idea of Buddhism. Today Won-Buddhists well maintain the heritage of the teachings of Sotaesanand the Institute of Buddha-Dharma.