불교의 계율에 대한 새로운 이해 - 불교 윤리학을 위한 몇 가지 전제들

• 영문명: A New Approach to the Buddhist Precepts in the Modern Society
• 발행기관: 불교학연구회
• 저자명: 조성택(Jo Sung-taek)
• 간행물 정보: 『불교학연구』제8호, 245~269쪽, 전체 25쪽
• 주제분류: 인문학 > 불교학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2004.06.01

영문 초록

  Traditional Buddhism"s perspectives on the role of the precepts are two-fold. On one-hand, the precepts are regarded as the least minimum basic requirement that a person performs to be considered a moral being. On the other hand, precepts are perceived as a temporary method (much like a raft used to cross the river) used to attain nirvana or liberation, the ultimate goal of Buddhism. This dual-nature of the precepts is fundamentally irreconcilable. The dual-natureof the precepts had been used by the early Buddhists to differentiate the moral practices and goals of the lay practitioner from the ordained. The goal of the lay practitioners in performing moral actions and cultivation was to ensure perfection of character within the secular and for practical religious benefits, e.g. the assurance of a good birth in the next life through good karmic deeds, and in this regard transmigration became the prime reason for the lay practitioner"s moral actions. For the ordained though, any moral actions, regardless of its inherent goodness, cannot be in and of itself be the goal, rather the precepts are just one of the tools to reach what can be termed, "nonexistence of a being".
  The present research aims to systematically analyze the precepts, its relationship to the wider Buddhist practices of cultivation, and its intrinsic connections to core Buddhist doctrines such as selflessness, emptiness, and especially nirvana and liberation. Furthermore, by examining how these connections are viewed and criticized outside of Buddhism, the present research seeks to investigate the requirements necessary to establish a Buddhist ethics that holds value for modern society.

목차

Ⅰ. 연구의 목적
Ⅱ. 불교의 修證論(Buddhist Soteriology)에 대한 이해
Ⅲ. 결론: 현대적 불교 윤리학을 위한 몇 가지 전제들
영문초록

키워드

계율(precepts) 윤리(ethics) 열반(nirvana) 깨달음(enlightenment) 무상계(precepts of impernence) 마음의 자유(freedom of the mind) 행위의 자유(freedom of the action) 수증론(soteriology) 삼학(the three type of learning) 팔정도(eightfold path) 바라밀(perfection) 보살(bodhisattva) 현대사회(contemporary society) 목적론적 윤리 (goal-oriented ethics) 다원주의(pluralism)