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* Translated by the Committee for the Authorized Translations of Won-Buddhist Scriptures

 

The Founding Motive of the Teaching

 

Today, with the development of scientific civilization, the human spirit, which should be making use of material things, has steadily weakened, while the power of material things, which human beings should be using, has daily grown stronger, conquering that weakened spirit and bringing it under its domination; humans therefore cannot help but be enslaved by the material. How would they avoid the turbulent sea of suffering in their lives?

Consequently, our founding motive is to lead all sentient beings, who are drowning in the turbulent sea of suffering, to a vast and immeasurable paradise by expanding spiritual power and conquering material power through faith in a religion based on truth and training in morality based on facts.

 

 

An Outline of the Teaching

 

Buddhism is the unsurpassed, great path; its truths and expedients are immense, so that numerous spiritual mentors have taken them as the basis of various schools and sects, thereby opening the gates of propagation and teaching countless people. The fundamental principles of all the world’s religions are also essentially one, but as different religions have long been established with different systems and expedients, there have been not a few incidents of failure to reach harmony and dialogue between these religious groups. All this is due to ignorance of the fundamental principles underlying all religions and their sects. How could this be the original intent of all the buddhas and sages?

Looking especially at the Buddhism of the past, its institutions were organized mainly in terms of monastic orders, which were not well suited to people living in the secular world, so that anyone who wished to be a true Buddhist had to ignore one’s duties and responsibilities to the secular life and even give up one’s occupation. In such a situation, no matter how good the buddhadharma, it would be difficult for all the many living creatures in this boundless world to gain access to the buddhas’ grace. How could this be the consummate, great Way?

 

Therefore, we have enshrined as the object of faith and the model of practice Il-Won-Sang (One Circle Image), the Dharmakya (law-body) Buddha, which is the original source of all things in the universe and the mind-seal of all the buddhas and sages. We have laid down as the main principles of faith and practice the Fourfold Grace of Heaven and Earth, Parents, Fellow Beings, and Laws, and the Threefold Study of Cultivating the Spirit, Inquiry into Human Affairs and Universal Principles, and Choice in Action. Our aim is to become adherents of a broad and consummate religion by incorporating and making use as well of the doctrines of all the world’s religions.

 

 

 

Contents:

 

Ⅰ. The Principal Book of Won-Buddhism

 

Part One: General In troduction

 

Part Two: Doctrine

 

  The Il-Won-Sang  4

  The Four fold Grace  9

  The Four Essentials  23

  TheThreefold Study  30

  The Eight Articles  36

  The Essential Ways of Human Life and of Practice  37

  The Four Great Principles  38

 

Part Three: Practice

 

  The Essential Dharmas of Daily Practice  40

  Fixed-Term Training and Daily Training  41

  The Dharma of Reciting the Buddha’s Name  46

  The Dharma of Seated Meditation  50

  Essential Cases for Questioning  56

  The Dharma of Keeping a Diary  58

  The Dharma of Timeless Sŏn  61

  The Instruction on Repentance  65

  Mental Affirmation (Simgo) and Formal Prayer (Kido)  69

  The Dharma of Making Buddha Offerings  71

  The Precepts  72

  The Essential Discourse on Commanding the Nature  74

  The First Dharma Words  75

  The Dharma Instructionon Suffering and Happiness  78

  An Ill Society and Its Treatment  80

  The Dharma of the Wholeness of Both Spirit and Flesh  81

  Stages of Dharma RanK  82

 

Ⅱ. The Scripture of the Founding Master

 

  Prefatory  87

  Doctrine  107

  Practice  141

  The Way of Humanity  192

  Cause and Effect  234

  Doubts Clarified  254

  The Principle of the Nature  284

  Buddhahood  298

  Sending on Spirits in Transition  316

  Belief and Dedication  343 

  Maxims  355

  Exemplary Acts  367

  On the Order  393

  Prospects  429

  Entrusting  456

The Scriptures of Won-Buddhism (Wonbulgyo Kyojŏn)

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  • Author

    Park, Joongbin, the Founding Master of Won Buddhism

     
  • Pages

    467

     

  • Bookbinding

    Hardcover

  • Publisher

    Won Kwang Publishing

     
  • Publication Date

    Sep. 2006 (First Edition), Oct. 17, 2018 (Second Edition) 

  • Product Dimensions

    5.4(W) X 7.4(H) X 0.8(D) inches

  • About the Author

    Park, Joongbin (1891~1943), better known as Sotaesan, was born the son of peasants on May 5, 1891 in Korea. His spiritual journey started with questions about natural phenomenon and human relationships. His determination to find answers to these questions eventually led to his great awakening on April 28, 1916.


    At the age of 26 on April 28, 1916, he attained enlightenment after twenty years of seeking the truth and declared: “All things are of a single body and nature; all dharmas are of a single root source. In ths regard, the Way (Tao) that is free from arising nor ceasing and the
    principle of the retribution and response of cause and effect, being mutually grounded on each other, have formed a clear and rounded framework.”


    He offered visions and hopes for a future society of popularized Buddhist practice and living, and he made efforts for practical application, popularization, and modernization of Buddha Dharma under the founding motto: “As material civilization develops, cultivate spiritual civilization accordingly.”


    As the spiritual leader of Won Buddhism for 28 years, including the dark period of World War II, he built a strong spiritual and material foundation of Won Buddhism from the three main undertakings of the order: edification, education, and charity. He lived as an enlightened sage and completed the basic doctrine of Il Won Sang, the Dharmakaya Buddha, the Fourfold Grace, and The Threefold Study. On June 1, 1943, he entered into Nirvana at the
    age of 53 after he transmitted the verse of Truth to his disciples: “Being into nonbeing and nonbeing into being, Turning and turning- in the ultimate, Being and nonbeing are both void, yet this void is also complete.”

  • ISBN

    978-89-8076-326-9

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