• Studies in Philosophy East-West
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• no.93
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• pp.417-442
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• 2019

In a context where approaches of psychotherapy on Buddhist meditation are prevailing, this study aims to re-envision contemporary Korean Ganhwa Seon from the perspective of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's Flow Theory. Developed over the last several decades, Flow Theory involves scientific study of the correlation between human happiness and various mental and physical activities. The research method not only re-envisions the principles, values, and the current state of Ganhwa Seon through Flow Theory, but also seeks a modern transformation. It is proposed here that Ganhwa Seon's tradition of the "master-disciple encounter," which corresponds to the role of feedback in Flow Theory, plays a crucial role in contemporary utilization of Ganhwa Seon. It is also argued that Flow Theory's concept of "transcender" can provide new insight into contemporary Ganhwa Seon. In our current era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, more emphasis is being placed on human creativity. Flow Theory offers a way to improve creativity by "cultivating flow in everyday life" through its three dimensions of "goal," "concentration," and "enjoying the process." This suggests a modern transformation of Ganhwa Seon, which places emphasis on "investigating only one hwadu for a lifetime," based on enjoying the process of cultivating it.

• The Journal of Korean Philosophical History
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• no.27
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• pp.7-37
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• 2009

This paper handled the problem of 'the mind' suggested by Bojo-Jinul. On the whole, I explained three fields, Jinul's way to approach 'the mind', the theory of the nature and the theory of practice and enlightenment. This paper is based on the established research papers. However the part that I explained the 'no-mind' in the theory of the nature is different from the established researchers. It is the emphasized part to interefere with Kanhwa Meditation. In this part, I explained Bojo's way to approach 'the mind' in the viewpoint of Sujeungnon(the theory of practice and enlightenment). And I clarified that his thought had been showed in his work and his system of thought is composed of Donojeomsuron(the theory of sudden enlightenment and gradual cultivation) and Kanhwa-Seon(Kanhwa-meditation). It is the theory of the nature that we handles 'the problem' philosophically. So I studied the examples of the nature and then I researched 'Kongjeokyeongjisim(the mind of the light of the divine wisdom in the void)', the foundation of 'Donojeomsu(the sudden enlightenment and gradual cultivation)' and 'Musim (no-mind)', the foundation of Kanhwaron. Finally, I inquired into 'Donojeomsuron(the theory of sudden enlightenment and gradual cultivation)' and 'Kanhwaron(Kanhwa-Meditation)' as 'Sujeungron(the theory of practice and enlightenment)'.