경전 독송(讀誦) 수행의 교학적 함의에 관한 일고

Abstract

This article is a study on the Buddhist doctrine implications of scripture reading (讀誦) practice. The practice of reading the scriptures is a preliminary step of taking the meaning of the scriptures of the Buddha's teachings in order to move on the path of liberation. However, today, the scripture reading practice tends to be accepted as a ritual act that is performed for penance or offering blessings. Also, most Buddhists tend to scripture reading or chanting just to get the Gapi (加被) by relying on the Bodhisattva's prestige. Perhaps due to such reasons, there are a number of studies that focus on the miracle of scripture reading. This study is an attempt to find the Buddhist doctrine basis for the scripture reading practice from early Buddhism to the Mahāyāna Buddhism, and to confirm the purpose and modern significance of the reading to understand the original meaning of the distorted scripture reading. First, on the basis of contrastive analysis data, Pāli Canon and Chinese Agamas, the conclusion as follows meaning. The etymology of chanting is interpreted as the imperative ‘dhārehi’, derived from the Sanskrit √dhṛ, is interpreted as the imperative of ‘to bear in mind’, ‘recollect’, ‘remember’.And this word is translated as a 受持 ․ 諷 ․ 誦 ․ 讀 ․ 誦. These words have been confirmed by CBETA. This study are discussed with particular focus on 受持 and 讀誦 in order to grasp the viewpoints of Abhidharma Buddhism and Mahāyāna Buddhism on scripture reading practice. Abhidharma begins to establish a Buddhist doctrinal system of Dharma. Reciting, observing, and thinking about 12 types of sūtra causes 聞慧. In addition, it seems that the Mahāyāna Buddhism attempted to restore the fundamental spirit of the Buddha's teachings by transcription and offerings for Sūtra. Lastly, it is deemed that it is deserved to properly understand and to do practice the original meaning of the scriptures even when reading the scriptures that have been the basis of today's Korean Buddhist faith.