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The Concept of Mind in Won-Buddhist Philosophy : 141
Mind is material in nature and serves as an instrument for external as well as internal sensations but the self is the ultimate substrate of knowing in Yoga. In Yoga philosophy the term citta is used to denote the mind and buddhi. The 'vrttis' are the disturbances that the mind is subjected to : the ideas, thoughts and other forces of the mind. 'Vstti' literally means whirlpool and 'nirodha' signifies restraint or control. Thus mind itself is allocated the role of a tool or an instrument without the final function of
preperception, thinking, controlling and so on.
As such Won-Buddhist philosophy takes the mind as the role of a tool or instrument without which the final goal of becoming a living Buddha, but to no avail. However the way of controlling the mind is different from the Yoga philosophy. We can see that mind-field should be nourished, brighten, and observed, for the purpose of maintaining it completely, one must remove the adverse reactions (unbelief, greed, laziness, and delusions) and change the negative points into the positive ones in Won-Buddhism. It means that mind should be kept in a state of it's own nature, if not, one must try to keep it in three states of mind. To maintain it one should be able to remove the adverse reactions as well as changes them into an ideal side according to the principle of Won-Buddhists. This fact presents a fundamental theory of mind-function in WonBuddhism which is different from the one in Yoga. Yoga is rather suppression or restraint of mind (yogas-citta-virti-nirodha. 11
The 21th century is the information age. The information age will be advanced through information, that flowing among people. One who lives in information age needs to share the information and knowledge. Mind plays key factor in getting the knowledge and information, and absorbing them as well as developing and cultivating them.
Sot'aesan shows that one should endeavor to learn what one does not know from the wise one everywhere and every time. It guides us to the path of way to enlightenment and brighten wisdom step by step. One's mind being in the realm of which no difference
