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

In this paper, I examined the meaning of Endeavoring Heart (憤心) through Seon (禪, Zen) practice with the Compassion (慈悲) of Mahayana Buddhism. For these studies, I pay attention to the positive aspects of anger and come to the result that Justifiable anger (公憤) has a relationship with the Endeavoring Heart (憤心) of Seon (禪) Practice. To prove these, I examined from two perspectives about this. First I discussed that the Endeavoring Heart (憤心) of Seon (禪) practice is a sort of justifiable anger (公憤), because it is driven by awareness of birth and death with a wish to awaken to the Bodhi-mind. The practice of Seon (禪) basically contains an implement of the compassion emphasized by Mahayana Buddhism. Next I discussed the Endeavoring Heart (憤心) of a Seon master who has become enlightened already. First, the Endeavoring Heart (憤心) of a Seon (禪) master has a characteristic to help the disciples out of compassion. Second, the Endeavoring Heart (憤心) of a Seon (禪) master tends to be expanded to justifiable anger determined by the historical needs of society at the time. To conclude, I examined the positive aspects of anger in Seon (禪) practice with justifiable anger (公憤), and came to understand compassion (慈悲) of Mahayana Buddhism in Seon (禪) practice.