원효의 대승적(大乘的)ㆍ창조적 '전인(Holistic)' 실천교육

Wonhyo' Mahayana and Creative Holistic Praxis Education

Wonhyo was a great educator and Buddhist priest. He claimed two important principles. One is the principle of intrinsic equality which can unite humans into one beyond all artificial divisions. The other is the universal principle of unity of being that is able to realize and acknowledge humans' dignity and equality. He was able to see through a wide variety of Buddhistic theories at that time and have a keen insight to understand all of them with a single mind and a single principle. In addition to this, he preached the universal principles of tolerance and coexistence, reconciliation and mutual respect which he pursued as an ideological response to the request of his periodical integration. His thought that all is one has a tread of connection with his personal life. We can say that he presented the creative holistic education to us through his life and theory and practical education. Though living in the same periods with Wonhyo who maintained the same Avatamska Sutra, Eysang was paid less attention because he settled for the aristocratic Buddhism and also pursued the theories and conception. Religion and education is not divided into two and separate, but one. They both should make an effort as a unity to solve our contemporary problems. If we want to achieve this, we can find the basis of the solution from Wonhyo's Mahayana and Creative Holistic Praxis Education.