한마음을 요체로 한 대행선에 관하여

Abstract

Buddhism is a religion of enlightenment that aims to realize a peaceful “Pure Land” Buddhism by living a life that benefits all living things. Buddhism, a religion and philosophy characterized by selflessness and emptiness, is a completely anti-metaphysical religion that denies the existence of reality. Because everything that exists is inherently empty and ‘self is an illusion, all things are impermanent and subject to change. Everything that exists is a phenomenon, not reality. Therefore everything can not exist alone. Accordingly, it is the reality of the phenomenon that can exist only by interaction with other phenomena. Śākyamuni Buddha declared that this is the law of ”interdependent arising“ (Skt. pratītya-samutpāda). He said that one can become honorable and humble depending on their karma, not by their circumstance at birth. Ven. Daehaeng, who was awakened to truth by practicing the philosophy of Hanameum (one mind), was born in Korea, and the Seon (Zen/ Chan) philosophy she advocated is now called Daehaeng Seon. In India, the tradition of cultivating the path of a śramaṇa has been practiced for thousands of years and continues to this day, and Śākyamuni Buddha was the preeminent śramaṇa. Ven. Dae haeng can also be regarded as an enlightened practitioner who followed the path of a śramaṇa. Ven. Daehaeng rejected the traditional custom of having to be accredited by a so-called master and the sagacity of the traditional toadyism (or flunkyism) of Chinese Chan Buddhism. In other words, she was not bound by any passive traditional Zen tradition but sought enlightenment through her own subjective and independent method of practice. In the process she established her own creative Seon style. Ven. Daehaeng practiced the path of a śramaṇa with all her heart and soul, attaining enlightenment and vowing to save all sentient beings. Eventually, she founded the Hanmaum Seon Center, now considered the grand temple equivalent to a Buddhist order (gaṇa, 敎團).