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현수법장의 교판론과 퇴옹성철의 불교관 비교 연구 • 163

past, present, and future, all saints of the past were awakened
by their minds to achieve Buddha-hood. No one has gained

awakening through relying on language and script.״ In his

Sermon of One Hundred Days, the middle way is presented
as a basic view point that marks the legitimacy of Buddhist
teaching, which is thought to be an understanding based on

the Huayan Thought. Toeong attempted to understand the

Buddhist doctrines by applying the Huayan thought, which is
the theoretical basis of Seon. The middle way of the dharma
and the world of true suchness, emphasized in his book, was

used as his framework for understanding the entire Buddhist

doctrines. His understanding of Buddhism has deeply been
related to his recognition of Seon Buddhist tradition, centered
on sudden awakening with sudden practice. Indeed, he was

paying more attention to revealing his view of the middle

way through Huayan thought as well as its classification
of Buddhist teachings rather than to revealing his original
intention.

Toeong is thought to have devoted to pay attention to

secure the contemporary legitimacy of Korean Buddhism. In
Toeong’s point of view, it has believed that a certain amount
of consideration was given to the situation of his time when

the Buddhist tradition was weakened. He was responding to

the newly emerged modern Buddhism, and to the social role