Korea Journal of Buddhist Studies 불교학연구 ISSN:1598-0642(Print)

National Master Bojo-Jinul’s(普照知訥 Seon(禪 thought consists of three gates as the method of Seon, and they are Seongjeokdeungjimun(性o寂o等 持門, Wondonsinhaemun(圓頓成佛論, and Gyeongjeolmun(徑絶門. The purpose of this paper is to study the influence of Chinese Buddhism on the formation of Jinul’s Seon thought. For this purpose, I selected Jeolyosagi (節要s私記, written in his later years, as his main work that include the three gates. I analyze the scriptures and figures in that book and contrast them with Sajaseungseopdo (師資承襲圖, Jongmil’s(宗密 work. From this study, I clarify the fact that Jinul had accepted Jongmil’s thought critically, although Jinul was enormously influenced by Jongmil. Despite the influence of Chinese Buddhism, Jinul accepted the influence independently from the standpoint of Goryeo Buddhism. I divide the character of the attitude of acceptation into two. First, Jinul accepted inclusively the thoughts of Haeneung(慧n能, Leetonghyeon(李通玄, and Daehae(大慧. Second, he accepted critically the thoughts of Jongmil and Jingkwan(澄觀).