출세간식(出世間⻝)의 실천적 의미 고찰을 통한 수행식(修⾏⻝) 성찰

초록

This study aims to examine the practical meaning of supramundane nutriment, reinterpreting nourishment for bhāvanā in terms of āhāra. The Ekottara-āgama, reflecting Mahayana influences, introduces nine nutriments: four worldly and five supramundane. Contrasting with worldly nutriments that sustain saṃsāra and existence, the concept of supramundane nutriment does not appear in other Āgamas or the Pāli Nikāyas. By cross-referencing Āgamas and Nikāyas, this study clarifies the correspondence between supramundane nutriment and the seven factors of awakening (satta-bojjhaṅga), and interprets the compression and fusion of the categories and meanings of the seven factors and their nutriments into supramundane nutriment as resulting from the Mahayana volition to edify the masses. Humans inevitably require transcendent sustenance to cultivate the Dharma- body and wisdom-life (法身慧命); the philosophical significance of supramundane nutriment lies in this ontological shift in viewing human nature. The ‘nourishment for bhāvanā’ examined here is not a specially prepared material food distinct from daily meals, but the practical attitude and process of sublimating physical eating into supramundane nutriment; thus, it fundamentally aligns with supramundane nutriment.

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