The Research of Four Foundations of Mindfulness （catvāri smrty-upasthānāni）within AbhidharmaicPhilosophy in Earlier Scholastic Buddhism

• Main Authors: Shu Chuan Hung, 洪淑娟
• Other Authors: Chun-Wai Wong
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2007
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/08161820163495003941

碩士 === 華梵大學 === 東方人文思想研究所 === 95 === According to the statement in the Buddhism sutra, Sakyamuni achieved Buddhahood by realizing the truth of life. It should not be overstressed to say that the Four Foundations of Mindfulness（ catvāri smrty-upasthānāni）is the core of Sakyamuni Buddha’s teaching. The four foundations are also understood as the practice of meditation and wisdom. Although the Original Buddhism, the earlier Scholastic Buddhism, Mahayana and Vajrayana have their peculiar practice methods, they are still the fundamental practice ways for the Buddhist. The subject of this thesis is：「The Research of Four Foundations of Mindfulness （ catvāri smrty-upasthānāni）within Abhidharmaic Philosophy in Earlier Scholastic Buddhism」.The main focus is on the sutras ranging from the Original Buddhism and the earlier Scholastic Buddhism, including Sajyukāgama, Madhyamāgama, Śāriputrābhidharma-śāstra and Sadpadaśāstra. With the purpose of providing the readers a precise understanding and theoretical development of Buddha’s early teaching about the Four Foundations, the writer uses a systematical way to make a comparison research on those documents. There are 70,000 words in this thesis, which can be divided into 3 parts：1. The philosophy, theory and the structure of the Four Foundations in Śāriputrābhidharma-śāstra. 2. The relations and comparisons between the Abhidharma-dharma-skandha-pāda and other important treatises of the Sarvāsti-vādin. 3. The abhidharmaic analysis and investigation for the Abhidharma-prakarana-pāda. At last, there is a general conclusion for this thesis and a foreseeable direction for the future advanced research.