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Spiritual art & Experience

After stabilizing the Hanon group, Sewon was obliged to restructure the Hanol-gyo religious foundation.1)

 

After assuming the leadership, he introduced the ”Art of Enlightenment and Awakening” which is the expression of the Hanol spirit in the form of art and architecture. He attempted to integrate art with the spiritual teachings of Hanol principles in order to transform Hanol-gyo into a more liberal, flexible and innovative organization. In accordance with the founder’s last will, he succeeded in persuading the board and the Hanol spiritual committee to officially make religious conversion unnecessary and constitutionalized religious multiplicity: Hanol-gyo allows its participants and adherents to practice other religions as well.2)

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Instead of spending a massive amount of budget on the construction of religious churches and buildings in a time of financial crisis, he used the "Art of Enlightenment" to replace the symbolic function of the regional chapels of HANOL.

 

According to the guidance to Hanol-gyo, he expressed the essence of the transcendental teachings on enlightenment and awakening - the self-liberation of consciousness.1)

 

"Illuminating the uncontaminated lights of Enlightenment Art could represent the quintessence of the Hanol Spirit better than a thousand books about its analysis or explanation."3)

He stated that "the uncontaminated pure lights of Enlightening Art can more accurately speak for the Hanol Spirit" than a thousand words he could use to explain.

 

He officially proclaimed that the symbolic function of the regional chapels of HANOL could be replaced by the “Art and Architecture of Enlightenment”, and allowed particular traditional ceremonies and the formality of rituals to be substituted by a simple contemplation on the Enlightenment Art or meditation on self-awareness.4)

 

He attempted to transcend the existing belief system by integrating ‘Art and Spirituality’.

 

Sewon introduced the concept of 'Spiritual Audience' instead of the traditional notion of religious followers.

 

Art of Enlightenment and Awakening

Trans-Art can also be regarded as the (Non-religious) elaboration of the 'Art of Enlightenment and Awakening' - the reflection of Hanol Principle5) which he introduced as the leader of the HANOL spiritual foundation.

 

Dangun, the Founding Father of Korea,6) initiated the 'Principles of Hanol Spirit' (the teachings on enlightenment and awakening) introducing the possibility of spiritual transcendence to its people - the evolution of human consciousness from the Ego-state to the Transcendental-state.1)

 

After 5000 years, the Hanol principles were consolidated into a religious foundation by Shin Jeong Yil, the founder of the Hanol religion.7)

 

However, after the sudden passing of the founder in 1999,8) the legal descendent Sewon Shin9) inevitably took over the responsibility of leadership in an emergency, immediately after graduating from Oxford.10)

 

During his leadership, he expressed the essence of the transcendental philosophy of the 'Hanol Principle' in the 'spiritual art of Enlightenment and Awakening' based on his own experience.

 

After he resigned from the leadership of the HANOL foundation, he introduced Trans-Art.

 

Trans-Art can be considered the re-establishment of the 'Art of Enlightenment and Awakening: the quintessence of Transcendental philosophy' in a pure art form (Non-religious form), examined by his own experience of spiritual awakening; and the elaboration of "Super-Individual art (i.e. Trans-ego art)” which he introduced at the Tokyo exhibition.

 

He is expressing a glimpse of ‘Enlightenment and Awakening’ which is ‘beyond form’ by using the ‘form of Trans-Art’.

 

1)

Hanol-gyo official website "Hanol-gyo"

 

2)

[Focused on the reestablishment of Korean traditional religion] The 50th Anniversary of Hanolgyo, Spreading the Hanol spirit based on humanitarian aims 「Power Korea」February 2015 issue, P. 71~77

 

3)

"HANOL Temple" Hanol-gyo official website

 

4)

Hanol-gyo 「Encyclopedia of Korean Culture」

 

5)

HANOL principle (Hanol-gyo official website)

 

6)

Dangun 「Encyclopedia Britannica online Korea」

Dangun 「Encyclopedia of Korean Culture」

Dangun 「Doosan Encyclopedia」

 

7)

Shin Jeong Yil, the founder of Hanol-gyo (Hanol-gyo official website)

Shin Jeong Yil 「Encyclopedia of Korean Culture」

Shin Jeong Yil 「Doosan Encyclopedia」

Shin Jeong Yil (Naver People Search)

Shin Jeong Yil (JoongAng Ilbo People Search)

Shin Jeong Yil (Chosun Ilbo People Search)

 

8)

Shin Jeong Yil, Founder of ‘Hanol-gyo’, Deceased 「Yonhap News」 April 6, 1999.

28 pieces of rare sari found in the cremated remains of Shin Jeong Yil, Founder of ‘Hanol-gyo’ 「Yonhap News」 April 20, 1999.

 

9)

History (Art of Enlightenment and Awakening Official website)

Shin Se-won (Naver People Search)

Shin Se-won (JoongAng Ilbo People Search)

Shin Se-won (Chosun Ilbo People Search)

Honorary Consulate of the Republic of Iraq in Seoul Official website

 

10)

The continuing evolution based on Hanol Spirit, Hanol-gyo 『Current Affairs News Journal』 March 2014 issue

Hanol-gyo, The successor of Hanol Spirit "benefit all in existence" 「Power Korea」 March 2014 issue, P. 64

 

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