사실과 재현의 관점에서 수인스님 다시보기

Abstract

This paper intended to analyze the recent issues about Buddhist bhikkhuni, which were active in Korea in the 50s and 60s [the first-generation bhikkhuni]. For this purpose, this study reviewed critically the contents about the Buddhist monk Sooin at related books. This study results are so following: First, in the contents, only the result is described simply rather than the process of converting of Unmunsa Temple to Bhikkhuni Temple. Unmunsa Temple became a pure and sacred temple after overcoming struggles and trials with the married Buddhist monks during the period of the Buddhist Purification Movement. Because of this, the hard work of Sooin and temple community who tried to protect Unmunsa Temple from the married Buddhist monks at that time have been forgotten and have not been passed on to next generations. Second, the description regarding the reconstructions of temple buildings and temple works was focused to list as fragmentary events, not reproduced in accordance with the facts. For this reason, Sooin, who led the process of purifying and rebuilding temple from the period of the Buddhist purification movement to the mid-1960s, was not recorded as a “religious leader”. In order to correctly record and evaluate the vows and achievements of temple community and Sooin, who was the leader of the temple community at the time, when the foundation for the development of Unmunsa Temple was been laid, it is now necessary to revise the contents about Buddhist monk Sooin with fact-based content.