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author={LEE, HO JAE},
title={A Religious Understanding of Byun Chan-lin's Pung-ryu Ideology ―A Study to Examine the Possibility of Spiritual and Sacred (靈聖) Discourses on the Stream of Dao of Pung-ryu (風流道脈論)},
journal={Religions of Korea},
issn={1738-3617},
year={2019},
volume={45},
pages={325-355}

TY - JOUR
AU - LEE, HO JAE
TI - A Religious Understanding of Byun Chan-lin's Pung-ryu Ideology ―A Study to Examine the Possibility of Spiritual and Sacred (靈聖) Discourses on the Stream of Dao of Pung-ryu (風流道脈論)
JO - Religions of Korea
PY - 2019
VL - 45
IS - null
PB - The Research Center of Religions
SP - 325
EP - 355
SN - 1738-3617
AB - This article examines whether the Ultimate Human, also known as the body of Pung-ryu, is possible as spiritual discourse in the post-human era through the religious understanding of Byun Chan-lin's (1934-1985) Pung-ryu (風流) ideology. Existing Pung-ryu ideology was developed with some limitations with regard to defining the religious identity of the Korean people. Thus, the purpose of this article is to overcome those limitations whereby existing Pung-ryu ideology has been disconnected from the public discourse of post-humanism. Recently, many discourses have been developed regarding eschatological concerns and the appeal of post-humanism and the era of post-humans. Most of these discourses focus on the new types of human beings which will be born with the help of science and technology, such as information engineering, biotechnology, nanotechnology, and robotics. In other words, these discourses relate to attempts by humans to overcome their biological limitations by artificial means. With regards to this, Byun Chan-lin presents a new perspective that could lay the foundation for post-human era discourse based on Pung-ryu ideology, i.e. Korea's religious identity. The idea of ‘Pung-ryu = Immortal’ has been positioned as a human discourse on the ontological transformation of biological human beings into the Ultimate Human without the aid of science and technology. Meanwhile, the Body of Pung-ryu is the meta-language of the Ultimate Human sought by world religions and a spiritual human who is an embodiment of creative evolution. The Body of Pung-ryu does not seek help from scientific civilization. It is, instead, a lifestyle and religion that involves practice of the religious golden rule in everyday life. It is a religious mechanism that can be realized through common enlightenment. Through this, the Pung-ryu ideology and the Body of Pung-ryu discourse breaks away from the regressive, closed national discourses of the past, raises both the feasibility and possibility of an open post-human era discourse, and suggests the direction of the post-religious movement.
KW - Byun Chan-lin;Pung-ryu (風流);body of Pung-ryu;post-human;post-humanism;spirituality;transhumanism;Ultimate Human;the Stream of Dao of Pung-ryu;post-religious movement
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LEE, HO JAE. (2019). A Religious Understanding of Byun Chan-lin's Pung-ryu Ideology ―A Study to Examine the Possibility of Spiritual and Sacred (靈聖) Discourses on the Stream of Dao of Pung-ryu (風流道脈論). Religions of Korea, 45, 325-355.

LEE, HO JAE. 2019, "A Religious Understanding of Byun Chan-lin's Pung-ryu Ideology ―A Study to Examine the Possibility of Spiritual and Sacred (靈聖) Discourses on the Stream of Dao of Pung-ryu (風流道脈論)", Religions of Korea, vol.45, pp.325-355.

LEE, HO JAE "A Religious Understanding of Byun Chan-lin's Pung-ryu Ideology ―A Study to Examine the Possibility of Spiritual and Sacred (靈聖) Discourses on the Stream of Dao of Pung-ryu (風流道脈論)" Religions of Korea 45 pp.325-355 (2019) : 325.

LEE, HO JAE. A Religious Understanding of Byun Chan-lin's Pung-ryu Ideology ―A Study to Examine the Possibility of Spiritual and Sacred (靈聖) Discourses on the Stream of Dao of Pung-ryu (風流道脈論). 2019; 45 325-355.

LEE, HO JAE. "A Religious Understanding of Byun Chan-lin's Pung-ryu Ideology ―A Study to Examine the Possibility of Spiritual and Sacred (靈聖) Discourses on the Stream of Dao of Pung-ryu (風流道脈論)" Religions of Korea 45(2019) : 325-355.

LEE, HO JAE. A Religious Understanding of Byun Chan-lin's Pung-ryu Ideology ―A Study to Examine the Possibility of Spiritual and Sacred (靈聖) Discourses on the Stream of Dao of Pung-ryu (風流道脈論). Religions of Korea, 45, 325-355.

LEE, HO JAE. A Religious Understanding of Byun Chan-lin's Pung-ryu Ideology ―A Study to Examine the Possibility of Spiritual and Sacred (靈聖) Discourses on the Stream of Dao of Pung-ryu (風流道脈論). Religions of Korea. 2019; 45 325-355.

LEE, HO JAE. A Religious Understanding of Byun Chan-lin's Pung-ryu Ideology ―A Study to Examine the Possibility of Spiritual and Sacred (靈聖) Discourses on the Stream of Dao of Pung-ryu (風流道脈論). 2019; 45 325-355.

LEE, HO JAE. "A Religious Understanding of Byun Chan-lin's Pung-ryu Ideology ―A Study to Examine the Possibility of Spiritual and Sacred (靈聖) Discourses on the Stream of Dao of Pung-ryu (風流道脈論)" Religions of Korea 45(2019) : 325-355.