• 대순사상논총
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• 제42집
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• pp.167-199
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• 2022

대부분의 증산교단에서는 증산을 미륵불의 영체(靈體)나 화신(化身)으로 믿는다. 그런데 대순진리회에서는 미륵불의 운수가 5만년 동안 지속될 것이며, 미륵불상의 금(金)이 곧 후천 가을을 '상징'한다고 주장한다. 대순진리회의 금강산 토성수련도장에는 관촉사의 미륵불과 비슷한 모습의 미륵불상이 있는데, 금산사의 미륵불상과는 다른 '상징'을 보여준다. 금산사의 미륵불상이 증산과 그의 종통을 이은 정산이라는 두 인물을 상징하는 모심이라면 보다 보편적인 입장에서의 신행(信行)을 상징하는 미륵불상이 토성수련도장을 통해 제시된 것이다. 금산사의 미륵불상이 종통문제를 다룬다면 금강산 토성수련도장의 미륵불상은 민중구원과 도통군자의 출현을 예언하는 문제와 연결된다. 그리고 대순사상에 따르면 미륵불은 더 이상 가까운 장래에 오실 미래불이 아니라 이미 지상에 몸을 나투신 현재불이다. 증산이 이 땅에 내려오심으로 인해 미륵불의 현현이 실제로 이루어졌다는 믿음이다. 향후 증산의 천지공사를 구체적으로 사회에서 실행하고 실천하여 미륵신앙의 참된 신행이 이루어져 미륵불이 지향하는 이상사회를 만들어가야 할 것이다.

• 대순사상과 동아시아종교
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.71-92
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• 2024

The world we live in is becoming more convenient thanks to the inventions of science and technology. Still, the world is also becoming more and more unpredictable with the current situation of VUCA (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, Ambiguity). The Covid-19 pandemic brought the biggest global disaster ever with 774,631,444 infected people and 7,031,216 deaths (WHO on February 11, 2024) but it seems that humanity is gradually forgetting this disaster. Meanwhile the economic stimulus packages worth trillions of dollars from governments after the pandemic have further caused the world debt bubble to swell. The bubble burst scenario is something that many economic experts fear. Apparently, in the transitional period of the early decades of the 21st century, the world's economic, cultural, political, social, natural, and environmental aspects have undergone profound transformations: from the real estate and finance crises in the United States since 2008; through the melting of the Arctic ice over the past several decades; to the double disaster of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan in 2011. Especially, in the context of the world economic crisis after the COVID-19 pandemic, the human achievements of the past thousands of years are in jeopardy of being wiped out in an instant. Many people are predicting a bad scenario for a chain collapse. Facing the signals of an imminent economic catastrophe based on the appearance of "the Gray Rhino, Black Swan and White Elephant," many drawn in by Eschatological thought declare that Doomsday will occur shortly. This is the time for many other people to hope for the incoming Messiah. The Messiah is said to appear when people feel despair or suffer a great disaster because faith in the Savior can help them overcome adversity mentally. This research will find out how adherents of Buddhism view and deal with civilizational crises by examining history via symbols associated with Maitreya as based upon the Buddhist Messiah, Maitreya.

• 한국농촌건축학회논문집
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.9-16
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• 2009

This research surveyed the native resources which BiBo(replenishing shortages by helping each other) landscapes have been preserved by aiming at the village settlement spaces of five cities and counties in Gangwon Youngseo province. This research reveals that BiBo landscape patterns of 41 village forests, 23 BiBo symbols, and 6 BiBo ponds were surveyed. The village forests are all 41 places, and were mainly made on the plains in front of villages. BiBo functions of the forests were in the order of the land obstructing the view of the mouth of a river which is the most as 13 places, the land obstructing the view of the mouth of river, situation complements, village protection, and protection against wind. Bibo symbols were all 23 places. Towers, stone towers, menhirs, and Maitreya stones were 12 places, Jangseungs(a signpost raising on the entrance of the village or a temple) were 6 places, Sotdae(a pole raising at the entrance of the village as the symbol of a board or a village protecting deity) was 1 place, and the others were made multiply in 4 places. Bibo symbols were located at 21 places in front of villages. The village protection in Bibo functions was 6 places. 6 Bibo ponds were surveyed. Most Bibo ponds were made for earth power leakage prevention.