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A Study on the Reason Why a Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva Was Established at the Namdae in Odae Mountain

  • PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE
  • 2020, (32), pp.139~161
  • DOI : 10.33639/ptc.2020..32.007
  • Publisher : Research Institute for East-West Thought
  • Research Area : Humanities > Other Humanities
  • Received : December 1, 2019
  • Accepted : January 29, 2020
  • Published : January 31, 2020

Lee􀀁 Sun􀀁 Sung 1

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ABSTRACT

This paper tries to shed light on the basis of the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva in Namdae, Odaesan Mountain. The basic structure of Mt. Odae was established by the Bocheon during the Silla Dynasty, and according to this the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva was enshrined in Namdae. It is possible to assume that Bocheon may have chosen the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva because Ksitigarbha belief was somewhat popular in the Silla period. Therefore I confirmed how the Ksitigarbha belief was established in China before the Silla Dynasty. At that time, Silla accepted Buddhism in China, so Buddhism in China was developed also in Silla. Thus, if active Ksitigarbha belief was in vogue in China at that time, this fact is enough to be a precondition for the spread of Silla’s Ksitigarbha belief. As the Ksitigarbha belief became popular in China, the Ksitigarbha belief became popular in Silla too. And I tried to catch an evidence why Bocheon established the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva at Namdae. But I could not find out any evidence about the residence of the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva on the Buddhist scriptures. However, many scriptures have shown that the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva appeared in the south when he appeared, and the 『SUTRA OF THE PAST VOWS OF EARTH STORE BODHISATTVA』 says that when the person is trying to take care of the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, it must be kept south of his place. And since the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva is the proxy who is in charge of the relief mission of the people who live on in the era of non-Buddha, so people should first rely on the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva before the era of the Maitreya Buddha comes. And it is naturally formed to enter Mt. Odae in Korea from the south. Thus, by establishing the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva at the southern part of the mountain, one can naturally worship all the other Buddhist saints. Based on these diverse scriptural bases, it is clear why Bocheon established the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva at Namdae on Odae Mountain.

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