The Dharma Master Chǒngsan of Won Buddhism: Analects and Writings

Index

Index 317 ability: cultivation of, 184; real, 185; threefold nature of, 93 able-mind (nŭngsim), 169 abundance, 207 “An Account of the Mind-BuddhaIrw ŏnsang and Vow,” 17 action influence, causation of, 148 advice, 202 affinities: causal, good and bad, 126; dharma, 126; effect on character, 110–11; help throughout life, 249 agreement, principle of, 204 altruistic spirit, 90 Analects of Confucius, 165 An Chunggŭn, 129 anger, 202 An Ijŏng, 193 animals, realm of, 38, 142 An Pyŏnguk, 187 anthropomorphic deity, absence of, 19, 139 appetite for the Way, 199–200 Arisaema Japonica (Ch’ŏn’gangsŏng), 121 arrogance, 183 “Articles for Requiting the Beneficence of Parents,” 60 ascent, 170–71, 268 aspiration: to attain the Way, 154; deliverance as greatest, 203; greed, similar appearance to, 203; lack of, 203; seed of good or evil, 99; and success, 94 asuras, realm of, 38, 142 attachment: to blessings, 105; of deluded beings, 107; of the departed spirit, 232; no limit to, 74; power to cut chains of, 233–34; pull of, 203 attraction, 156 auspicious power, 209 authentication of sincerity (thumbprint sign), 9–10, 84, 122, 146 Awakening of Faith, 31, 32 beginnings and ends, 267 being and nonbeing, 123 believer, way of, 64 beneficence. See Fourfold Beneficence benevolence (ren), 22, 143 birth and death: capacity to go or come, 231–32; three stages of resolution, 231, 232 birthday of the mind, 107–8 blessings: attachment to, 105; bestowing on another, 106; Fourfold Beneficence as fruitful field, 110–12; internal, 131; or calamity, mouth as gate of, 204; of the practitioner, 108; seed of, 98–99, 100, 183–84; waste or abuse of, 111; worldly, 108 bliss, 77, 103, 107, 161, 172 blood seals (thumbprint sign), 9–10, 84, 122, 146 bodhisattvas. See Buddha-bodhisattvas Bodhisattva Salāpralāpa, 212 318 / Index Book of Changes (Yijing), 179–80 Book of Rites (Liji), 258 brethren, beneficence of, 21 bright eye (Myŏngan), 10 brightness, 202 brilliance, 204 broad-mindedness, 192, 196, 215 Buddha: actual offering to, 147; compassion of, 41, 143; and deliverance, 78; incarnations of, 126; pure karma of, 140; recitation of the name (Amitābha), 74, 167; taking after, 176; three bodies of, 140–41; worship of image/statue, 11, 33, 141 Buddha-bodhisattvas: bliss attained by, 107; differences from ordinary beings, 106–7, 150–51; from the East or from the West, 246; fruitful sowings by, 110–12 Buddha-dharma: core of teaching, 9, 10–11; correct transmission of, 247; practical application of, 16; true form of, 202 buddhahood, barriers to, 167–68 Buddha-image in selfless service for the public, 17 Buddha-nature: and illumination of situations, 36; Irwŏn as, 263; and Irwŏnsang, 29–30; sentient beings endowed with, 115–16; of the Tathāgata, 12 Buddhism: Chŏngsan’s practice and teachings of, 40–41; element of Tonghak, 1; and emptiness, 215; essence of, 125; fundamental reality of the universe, 115; Kang Ilsun’s study of, 3; marginalization of, 5, 8–9, 10–11; metaphysical first principles, 29; reformation movement, 5; Threefold Practice in, 160; worship of Buddha image/statue, 11, 33, 141 burial services, 237 buying goods, 130 calamity, 203, 204 Canon (Chŏngjŏn), 14, 15, 135 Canon of Rites (Yejŏn), 131–32 Canon of the world (Sejŏn), vii–viii, 14 capital to avoid evil path, 236 carelessness, 206 causality: of action influence, 148; of favorable consequence, 124; law of, 269; of mutual benefaction, 124; of mutual opposition, 124, 125–26; principle of, 37; of reverse consequence, 124 Ch’a Kyŏngsŏk, 6 change: and immutability, 265, 269, 270; principle of, 36–37, 122–23 Chang Sŏngjin, 192 Chang Tsai, 280 n 125 Chao-chou, 284 n 73 character, external and internal, 183–84 charity: and avoiding transgressions, 106; expecting praise for, 105; practice of, 100 chastity (lie), 43, 143, 144, 145 Chesan, 241 children: guidance of, 25–26 Chinese phoenix, 214 Chinmuk, 6–7 Chinsan, 242 Chŭngsan’gyo, 4–5 Chŏngsan (Song Kyu): naming and genealogy of, 274 n 17; early life and development of, 5–7, 83; training of, vii; authentication of sincerity (thumbprint sign), 9–10, 84, 122, 146; in Sot’aesan’s order, 7–8; as head dharma master, vii, 13–15, 92; as second patriarch, vii; illness and death, 14, 15, 237–38, 243, 248, 251–52; and Buddhism, 40–41; Buddhist name of Myŏngan (Bright eye) given, 10; Canon of Rites (Yejŏn), 131–32; on...