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A study on the relation between good deed and salvation (선행(善行)과 구원(救援)의 연관성 연구)

  • Kim, Jae-Cheon
    • Journal of the Daesoon Academy of Sciences
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    • v.18
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    • pp.135-148
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    • 2004
  • Why do religions emphasize good deeds like charity or love? What kind of relation are there between good deeds and salvation? Early Buddhism stresses that the deed of mortal cannot escape retribution. And deeds are intentional act, so those are representation of mind. Therefore an issue of mind raises its head before action. The extinction of ignorance and thirsty gives rise to good mind, and the good mind produces good deed. Mahāyāna Buddhism accentuates charity. It signifies that the mind of oneself sympathizes the mind of others. That is impossible unless one throws away attachment to oneself. The alms deed makes that possible. In Roman Catholicism Ten Commandments assert absolute worship to god. The transcendental merits devaluate worldly ones, so the mind can obtain calmness. Protestant claims the one can acquire salvation only by faith. And the salvation leads human to good deed. In conclusion good deeds are not ways and means to mokṣa or grace, but identical with them in Early Buddhism and Mahāyāna Buddhism, and Roman Catholicism and Protestant.

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Confucian Cultivation of Mind and Meditation - The Care Model of Cultivation Applied by Toe-gye' 『The Method on Preservation of Human mind (活人心方)』 (유가 공부론과 명상 - 퇴계 활인심방(活人心方)을 응용한 수양치료 모형 -)

  • Lee, Yun-do
    • The Journal of Korean Philosophical History
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    • no.28
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    • pp.363-386
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    • 2010
  • The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between theory of Confucian moral cultivation and meditation. Recently our community is more interested in 'a disease of mind'. A view of world, life, values which derived from the distorted perception of 'a disease of mind' can not be treated by psychiatric methods. In this sense, 'a disease of mind' is different from psychiatric illness. In this reason, alternative therapies applying philosophy, literature, arts, and humanities are attracting attention. Meditation is also one of them. In general, Meditation has been developed in Buddhism, but its method is closely related with Confucianism. Buddhist meditation has a pessimistic view of the reality in human life, but that of Confucian philosophy has laid stress on the reality and ego in human life. At this point, the Confucian meditation could provide a clue of solution for us in treatment of a disease of human mind. So Confucian moral cultivation and meditation have a great significance for the treatment of this disease as a methodology. In general, mental healing or psychotherapy has been proceeded by way of dialogue. 'Talking Cure' was conceived to let clients themselves recognize their current situation and find out the problem: "what happened and what's wrong" in their minds. But it does not have a high possibility of successful cure for subjects who are in the state of frustration, confusion, and lost of value. And also it is very difficult to apply to special institutions such as correctional institutions and military soldier who are targeted by current application of Humanities therapy. On this sense, it seems to be valuable to apply Confucian cultivation of mind and meditation which have emphasized the importance of mind-control for this. This study tries to examine theoretically how to relate the Confucian cultivation of mind with meditation, and to suggest a model of Humanities therapy that could be applied by Toe-gye's 『The Method on Preservation of Human mind(活人心方)』. Although Confucian cultivation of mind could present a meaningful theory for curing the disease of mind, it is very difficult to put the theory into practice. It is because Confucian cultivation of mind in itself is a kind of instruction that you need to do in all of your life, and essentially it is difficult to expect a temporary effect by performance or practice. So a cure model of Confucian cultivation of mind will be suggested on this assumption and limitations. This model is attempted on the main purpose of Humanities therapy in accordance with the development of a Korean model.

A Study on ${\ulcorner}$ Gyukchigo(格致藁) . Yuryak(儒略)${\lrcorner}$ (" 격치고(格致藁) . 유략(儒略)"에 관한 고찰(考察))

  • Lee, Jun-Hee;Lee, Soo-Kyung;Lee, Eui-Ju;Koh, Byung-Hee;Song, Il-Byung
    • Journal of Sasang Constitutional Medicine
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    • v.17 no.2
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    • pp.1-14
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    • 2005
  • 1. Objectives This study is purposed to find Lee Je-Ma's thoughts and intention proposed in the ${\ulcorner}$Gyukchigo격치고(格致藁) . 유략(儒略)${\lrcorner}$2. Methods It was researched through comparative and overall study on ${\ulcorner}$Gyukchigo격치고(格致藁) . 유략(儒略)${\lrcorner}$ 3. Results and Conclusions (1) On the assumption of Affairs. Mind. Body' Objects 사심신물(事心身物 ) as the principle of existence and correlation, there are basic dualistic structure such as 'Il(一)' (individual level) and 'Man만(萬)' (universal level) for explanation of ${\ulcorner}$Gyukchigo격치고(格致藁) . 유략(儒略)${\lrcorner}$ (2) Human who easily have individual inclination of mind(private . dissoluteness' idleness' desire) and wickedness (stinginess. extravagance' idleness' fraud) are the being making invidual ethics of behavior by earnestness' intelligence. capability . diligence성혜능동(誠慧能動) and universal ethics by Wisdom' Propriety. Justice. Humanity 지례의인(智禮義仁) through devotion' right . practice' concentration of mind' heart . body . power. (3) Human in the world having individual immanent psychological four element의려담지(意慮擔志) and universal exptessinal 외 four element청시언모(聽視言貌) are under a bias toward wickedness because of inclination of mind. So extending of individual ethics of behavior and completion of universal ethics are essential and indispensable (4) The final aim of human being in the universe is bringing universal ethics of behavior(Wisdom . Propriety' Justice. Humanity청시언모(智禮義仁) to perfection. (5) Devotion right practice concentration성정수일(誠正修一) of mind heart body power의심신력(意心身力) are developmental notions of earn emestness intelligence capability diligence성혜능동(誠慧能動), essential individual for living in the world, and preceding element for moral edification, social behavior and administration of the state.

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The Analysis on Lee Je-Ma's Sasang Structure Which Focused on Human (동무(東武)의 인간론(人間論)에서 접근한 사상구조(四象構造) 분석(分析))

  • Kang, Tae-Gon;Park, Seong-Sik
    • Journal of Sasang Constitutional Medicine
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    • v.19 no.3
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    • pp.1-9
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    • 2007
  • 1. Objectives This Study is to comprehend the Sasang structure created by Lee Je-Ma. 2. Methods We analyzed $\ulcorner$Dongyisusebowon(東醫壽世保元)$\lrcorner$ & $\ulcorner$Gyukchigo(格致藁)$\lrcorner$ which contain the contents of 'Heaven-Human-Narure-Order(天人性命), and 'Affairs-Mind-Body-Objects(事心身物)'. 3. Results and Conclusions 1) The structure of Sasang is divided into two, which are 'Talent(才能的 部分)-Action(行爲的 部分)' and 'Self examination(正己的 部分)-Perception of mankind(知人的 部分)'. 2) 'Talent-Action' is the ontological structure of the Sasang. 'Self examination-Perception of mankind' is the administrative structure of the Sasang. 3) The ontological structure of Sasang is essential concept which is explaining the existence of mankind. An administrative strucrure of Sasang is operative concept which makes human as oneself. 4) It is necessary to have the insight to organize these four parts into the one organic whole if one has to comprehend the profound meaning of Sasang. 5) Four parts of Sasang structure could be matched as 'Heaven(天)-Affairs(事), Human(人)-Objects(物)', 'Nature (性)-Mind(心), Order(命)-Body(身)'.

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Two Fold Aspects of Mind and the Rise of Cultivation in Xunzi's Thought, treated mainly through Xiūshēnpiān, Jiěbìpiān and Zhèngmíng of his Writings (순자에 보이는 마음의 중층적 양상과 수양 문제의 대두 ­- 「수신편」, 「해폐편」 그리고 「정명편」을 중심으로 ­-)

  • Rhee, Myung-Su
    • (The)Study of the Eastern Classic
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    • no.73
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    • pp.281-302
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    • 2018
  • The role of mind is very important in Xunzi's thought. The way is permanent rule of politics that is under the control of mind which is recognizing organ for both thinking and acknowledging things in his thought. Nevertheless the mind in Xunzi's thought has desire as an organ of body to be controlled. On the other hand, the mind has conflicting two fold aspects in the course of its recognition of things like storage and vacancy, movement and calmness, and two kinds of recognizing opinion against one object. And there are various evils in thinking system of mind. In a sense, the mind of human is to be cleaned and cultivated. Xunzi proposed managing energy and cultivating mind as a thinking system. Mengzi proposed to enliven vast-flowing energy and to cultivate mind through shortening desire, while Xunzi did managing energy and caring about mind for controlling other body systems and publicly recognizing things. In Xunzi's idea the mind in the recognition of things is similar to the water in bowl as a mirror for looking at any things, and thus it is imperative for us to sink grounds in mind for becoming good water mirror. In this need the grounds of human mind would be to be sunk and also the cultivation of it would be to be demanded. Ultimately there should need the recognition of mind that is cleaned and cultivated for brightly discovering the great principle and recovering the unchangeable way with a view to preparing the condition for national peace. This thesis, in this context, to approach the meaning of mind, its two fold aspects, and the necessity of it.

Wordsworth of Transitional Position : Seeking Interaction between Mind and Nature (과도기적 위치의 워즈워스: 정신과 자연의 상호 작용 모색)

  • Hwang, Byeonghoon
    • English & American cultural studies
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    • v.17 no.2
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    • pp.89-109
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    • 2017
  • This study focuses upon the fact that Wordsworth has a great interest in the epistemological understanding of nature. It denies that his early poems, such as An Evening Walk and Descriptive Sketches, only represent the subtleties of nature, according to the picturesque mode of the eighteenth century, without any other consideration about human mind. It tries to trace his effort to deal with the relationship between nature and mind, which is committed to the apprehension of Wordsworth's experience which shapes much of his later work. Prior to Wordsworth, or in his earlier days, both the picturesque description and the descriptive poetry tend to be two-dimensional. Staying away from the cold rules of painting and overcoming passivity, he prefers to contemplate nature through his emotions and tries to come close to the sublime sense. Therefore, his poetic strategy is to show that his poetic description of nature goes beyond the limits which these picturesque rules and colors impose. His readers get the feeling of how desperate he become trying to choose the suitable poetic language to express the relationship between nature and mind. He also has an interest in developing a character, Dorothy, to match what he thinks and to mediate what he intends to describe through his epistemological understanding of nature.

Study on Philosophy and Medical meaning of Sassang Constitutional Medicine (동무(東武) 사상의학(四象醫學)의 철학적(哲學的) 의의(意義)와 의학적(醫學的) 확장(擴張))

  • Rho, Sang-Young;Ko, Heung
    • Journal of Physiology & Pathology in Korean Medicine
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    • v.20 no.3
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    • pp.503-515
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    • 2006
  • This research is purposed to find Dong-mu's thought on 'philosophy and medical interrelationship' in his writings. It was researched with Dong-mu's chief medical writings such as ${\ulcorner}$Gyukchigo(格致藁)${\lrcorner}$ , ${\ulcorner}$Dongyi Soose Bowon(東醫壽世保元) ${\lrcorner}$ , ${\ulcorner}$Dongyi Soose Bowon Sasang Chobongyun(東醫壽世保元四象草本卷)${\lrcorner}$ , ${\ulcorner}$Dong-mu's posthumos work(東武遺稿)${\lrcorner}$ Dong-mu describe his philosophy conception with the system of The Book of change(周易). But he changes the meaning of Taegeuk(太極), LangYui(兩儀), Sasang(四象) on the respect of human being. Gyuchigo(格致藁) can be understood as social behavior pattern of Sasang constitute. From ${\ulcorner}$Gyukchigo(格致藁)${\lrcorner}$ to The theory of Sung-Meung(性命論), It is focused on Nature(性) and Order(命). Affairs- Mind - Body-Objects(事心身物) was distributed at Heaven-Human -Nature-Order(天人性命) on the respect of Human Moral. In the respect of Form-Use(體用), It is assigned to Form(體) and metaphysical philosophy. After The theory of Sa-Dan(四端論) in ${\ulcorner}$Dongyi Soose Bowon(東醫壽世保元) ${\lrcorner}$, It is focused on Nature-Emotion(性情). Affairs - Mind - Body - Objects(事心身物)is distributed at Heaven-Human -Nature-Order (天人性命) on the respect of human internal mind. In the respect of Form-Use(體用), It is assigned to Use(用) and Physical science. Sasang Constitution can be expanded to Eight COnstitution in the respect of dominant position among Nature(性) and Emotion(情).

A study on the mutual relation between logic of Simjuriseol and the movement to "reject heterodoxy" of Yi, Hang-no (화서(華西) 이항로(李恒老)의 심설(心說)과 척사논리(斥邪論理)의 상관(相關) 관계(關係))

  • Park, Sung-soon
    • (The)Study of the Eastern Classic
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    • no.34
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    • pp.257-286
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    • 2009
  • Yi, Hang-no said that taiji(=li) was Myeong-deok(illustrious virtue), the core of mind and heart, emphasizing the sides of superintendent and mysterious ability of li. It seems that he aimed to stress the upper status of li than qi, out of earlier general theory on mind and heart recognizing both li and qi consisted in the mind and heart. Through it, he wanted to say that only human being had moral mind like taiji and upper moral status than animals which human being should keep. The reason that Yi, Hang-no emphasized the difference between li and qi was because of a critical mind that the upper value of li than qi should not be changed and it would be the most dangerous situation if the value collapsed. Like this, Yi, Hang-no's attitude emphasizing li in his theory of mind and heart eventually aimed to explain the theory of Insim(Desire to be) and Dosim(Moral Mind). Yi, Hang-no's disciples testified that their teacher, Yi, Hang-no had cost his whole life to study the theory of Insim and Dosim. This means that Yi, Hang-no had tried to discriminate between Insim and Dosim, and to block private desires in Insim. The fact that Yi, Hang-no stressed the importance of the theory of Insim and Dosim had to do with the special situation that Western Power approached Joseon dynasty. Because Yi, Hang-no opposed the Westerner's moral consciousness for individual desires, against heavenly orders. To overcome the Western challenge, Yi, Hang-no strived to notice that taiji was the core of human mind. The point that Yi, Hang-no wanted to say was that Dosim(Moral Mind) was just the heavenly orders which human being couldn't disobey. Yi, Hang-no thought that Joseon couldn't defence Western flow without this theory of Insim and Dosim. Just after French invasion(1866), Yi, Hang-no was selected as a high-leveled bureaucrat, so he insisted his opinions for rejecting heterodoxy by the letters to the throne several times. The letters also contained his theory of Insim and Dosim mainly. Insisting fight against Western Power and prohibition of trade with Western Power, Yi, Hang-no eventually emphasized the king's right mind(Dosim) as a main and sole means to achieve all the goals he said. In conclusion, Yi, Hang-no's theory on mind and heart was as it is reflected in his letters to the throne. Therefore we can see that Yi, Hang-no's theory on mind and heart had harmonized with his movement to "Rejecting Heterodoxy".

Effects of 3-Steps Mind Map Activities on the System Thinking of Science Gifted Students: Focused on the Astronomy Contents (3단계 마인드맵 활동이 과학영재 학생들의 시스템 사고 향상에 미치는 효과 : 천문 내용을 중심으로)

  • Son, Jun Ho;Kim, Jonghee
    • Journal of Gifted/Talented Education
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    • v.26 no.2
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    • pp.257-280
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    • 2016
  • This study is focused on how the science gifted students can improve their system thinking by applying 3-steps mind map activities about astronomy contents. Through the pre-study two times, 9 students in 6th grade were participated in this study. It was analyzed the degree of improvement of systems thinking through the science gifted students' mind maps, causal maps and their interviews. The results of the study showed that the experimental group's system thinking who learned 3-steps mind map activities was more complex and diverse than the controlled group's. Therefore 3-steps mind map activities that have been developed in this study will be valuable as an alternative to improve their system thinking. Through this study, 3-steps mind map activities were confirmed that by inducing background knowledge activation and thinking systematization can be an alternative to improve the system thinking of science gifted students. So the 3-steps mind map activities can be helpful in cultivate human resources with creative problem solving ability based on their system thinking.

Study of ecology on Buddhism and the traditional korea medicine (한의학과 불교의 생태학적 고찰)

  • Koo, Byung-Soo
    • Journal of Oriental Neuropsychiatry
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.1-10
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    • 2004
  • 1. It is man that plays a important role in doing harm to ecology. So human ought to understand ecology and develop their mind considering a ecology through practicing Noble eightfold Path(入正道) austerities. 2. With a view of traditional Korean medicine, it is accomplished the circulation between human and heaven and earth by Qi. And then these are inter-transformed essence, Qi and spirit and carry out unification themselves by coexisting with university. 3. I consider 'Well-being' is man-centered thinking countering to the view of ecology. Then the health of body and spirit is accomplished through the life harmonizing with nature incidentally. 4. It is need for realizing that man and nature have the mercy of Buddha in order to purify a ecosystem and our human society through practicing austerities and meditation. 5. Spirit is regarded as the important thing on Buddhism and traditional Korean medicine based on Orientalism. The purification of human mind is very important for maintaining of a ecosystem through practicing austerities and meditation.

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