오중유식관의 특징과 명상 프로그램의 가능성 모색

Characteristics of Five Levels of Consciousness-only Contemplation and Possibility of Meditation Program

Introduction: The purpose of this study is to consider if Yogacara Buddhist meditation can be applied as modern meditation program. Since the early Buddhism, meditation can be represented by samatha-vipasyana meditation which was also passed down in Yogacara Buddhist. This study considers if stage of meditation in the five levels of consciousness- only contemplation can be used as a meditation program. The five levels of consciousness-only contemplation is a meditation method of Yogacara buddhist created by Kui-ji (窺基, 632~682). Each meditation stage advances to the next stage as one stage is solved in order. The final goal is to realize vijnaptimatra. Body: This study tries to understand this from two perspectives. First, this study considers characteristics of meditation if the five levels of consciousness- only contemplation is a meditation method of Yogacara Buddhist and in what form the meditation can be performed. As the final conclusion, this study finds out that each level’s observational subject is not observational subject of meditation method of Yogacara Buddhist but Kui-ji’s effort to establish the meditation method of Yogacara Buddhist. Second, this study considers if five levels of consciousness-only contemplation can be made as a meditation program. For this purpose, this study analyzes common factors of Buddhism-based meditation programs such as MBSR. The result shows that fundamental factor of meditation program is to cease our daily thoughts by recognizing (sati) non-verbal and non-conceptual objects. Conclusion: Therefore, this study verifies that language and thoughts make the world and objects through meditation in consciousness of expelling the unreal and retaining the real, the first level of the five levels of consciousness-only contemplation, and factors of cognitive therapy in the existing meditation programs can be supplemented through it.