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

The Goryeo dynasty lost numerous Tripitaka in the war with Mongolians. At that time, The Goryeo government remade the Tripitaka which consists of 81,350 printing woodblocks. They were the most accurate and elegant printing woodblocks of Tripitaka in traditional Asia. Jeong An, a relative of the administrator, retired to the country and participated in making the Tripitaka. He published six Buddhist scriptures privately. These were: Saddharmapuṇḍarīka sūtra, Bohyeon haengwonpum, Vajracchedikā prajñāpāramitā sūtra, Bulseol Yesusiwangsaengchilgyeong, Geumgang sammaegyeong lon, Seonmum yeomsong . The former 4 books were published in Haein sa editions, the latter 2 books were published as national editions.Jeong An showed various trends of belief. In the postscript of Saddharmapuṇḍarīka sūtra , he prayed for the King’s long life, prayed for administrator Choe U, and that all people could be reborn in the Pure Land. In the postscript of Bulseol Yesusiwangsaengchilgyeong, he prayed for rebirth in the Pure Land for his parents and all people. In the postscript of Vajracchedikā prajñāpāramitā sūtra, he also prayed for rebirth of all people who bestowed a favor and all people in three dhātus. In the postscript of Seonmum yeomsong, he prayed for the stability of the government and the long life of administrator Choe U. In the postscript of Geumgang sammaegyeong lon, he prayed for the stability of royal families, the peace of the government, the long life of administrator Choe U, and to add to these, he prayed for no suffering from diseases and rebirth in the Pure Land for all people.Notably the postscript of Bohyeon haengwonpum stands out. Jeong An combined the text of Bohyeon haengwonpum, three dharanis, and some parts of Bohyeon haengwonpum. He thought of the belief of Samantabhadra as the belief of accomplishing people’s desires and rebirth in the Pure Land. A more notable point is the two cases of belief of Samantabhadra, in which two seon monks read the Bohyeon haengwonpum sincerely and get reborn in the Pure Land. This means that Jeong An thought the main goal of belief in Samantabhadra was the rebirth in the Pure land, and he published this book with dharanis and cases of belief to practice them. He cited Lebang Wenlei , which was published lately.At that time Hyesim lead Ganhwaseon at Suseonsa. The publication of Saddharmapuṇḍarīka sūtra , and Vajracchedikā prajñāpāramitā sūtra by Jeong An was concerned with Hyesim’s trends, and the same was true about the Bohyeon haengwonpum . Yose opened Bohyeon doryang at Baekryeonsa and lead the samadhi of beophwa, he wished rebirth in the Pure Land with repentance, which is based on Saddharmapuṇḍarīka sūtra . Jeong An emphasized the belief of Samantabhadra that tried for rebirth in the Pure Land which is based on Avatamsaka sutra . This trend of Jeong An’ s belief succeeded to Chewon in 14th century. Especially in many fashionable scroll sutras and Buddhist paintings in 14th century, the goal was to achieve rebirth in the Pure Land. And their trend is accord with Jeong An’s. This shows that the belief of Jeong An was a model of Buddhist belief in late Goryeo.