The study on the practice of Ji-Kwan of Wonhyo

ABSTRACT

As Wonhyo made Simjinyemun correspond to Ji and Simsangmeulmun to Kwan, Wonhyo considered Ji and Kwan as an axis of ascetic practices. When Wonhyo s thought scheme was thought as the scheme of Ilsimimun based on Daesunggisinnon, Jikwansuhangnon was considered important for applying the scheme to practical problems, corresponding Simjinyemun to Ji and Simsangmeulmun to Kwan. Even as Wonhyo suggested five ways of ascetic practices in Suhangsinsimnon, Gisinnon, he made his more efforts in annotating Ji and Kwan, in practice annotating it with thought of Gujongsimju and Sajonghaehang. In addition, the study, related to evaluating Jikwansuhangnon, noticed that Jikwansuhangnon in Gisinnonso was preached for sentient beings. Now, more studies focus on Gumgangsammaekyung as a way of ascetic practices Given the position of five ascetic practices in Gisinnon, the idea has already secured its valid ground but no exact logical evidences. To secure exact logical evidences of the idea, it firstly has to discover the extent or classes of accomplishment of ascetic practices through Jikwansuhangnon. Under the background, this study attempts to review the annotations of Jiwangsuhangnon mentioned in Gisinnon and to find the classes of its ascetic practices. The result of this study shows that Gisinnon s position preaching Jikwansuhang was for sentient beings, and the accomplishment as the result of its ascetic practices is the low one of ten practice classes, Sangsagak. Then, the next focus of the study may be the ways of ascetic practices. To understand it, Wonhyo s other practice suggestions should be grasped in the boundary of Jikwansuhangnon.