A study on the Yeo Bub Eui (I) - focused on the colour of Kasa -

여법의에 관한 연구(I) - 가사색을 중심으로 -

The purpose of this study was to investigate the general Kasa. More specially, the objectives of the research was (a) to determine the reason why dyes the colour of kasa; (b) to examine the kinds of Kasa colour; (c) to provide the dyeing method of Kasa colour; (d) to clarify the prohibited colour and the permitted limit; and (e) to find which and why kasa colour in our country use. The reason why dyes the colour of Kasa are the following; (a) it differentiates between the white robe in the leading ascetic life of Buddhism at ones home and that of the entering the priesthood. (b) it protects the victim of robbery (c) it discards the attachment to the ownership (d) it lessens the burden of at alms. The kinds of Kasa's color consist of several one such as 증(cheung), 흑(heuk), 전(chun), 목란(mokran), and so on. The three colour among them use as the colour of kasa in the each vinaya pitaka. The dyeing method of kasa is composed of two ways; One is to dye the whole Kasa; the other is to dye the part of Kasa. Recently, in our country, the red which is the branch of kalasama is the leading colour of Kasa.