A Discussion on the Standponint of Chi-tsang’s Theory from Fa-fua-tong-lue：is Gearing to“Eternal-reality”or complying with the “Madhyamika”concept

• Main Authors: Chen,Yong-Long, 陳永龍
• Other Authors: 熊琬
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2011
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/25549978744217162631

碩士 === 玄奘大學 === 宗教學系碩士班 === 99 === In view of the fact that Chi-tsang, who epitomized the thought of the San-lum School, in his later years came into contact with the widely spread thoughts of “one vehicle” in The Lotus Sutra and “buddhatA” in MahA-parinirvANa-sUtra, there are two different point of views regarding to the position of his concept: 1. believe in his thought had already deviated from NAgArjuna’s thought as well as the purpose and aim of the San-lum School and was inclined to the concepts of tathAgata-garbha and Eternal-reality; 2. consider that he still strictly observed by the stand point of his own purpose and aim of prajJA as well as the madhyamika thougt and did not gear to the so called “true-eternalism and mind-only theory”. Because of this, the author attempts to analyze the adduction quotations by Fa-fua-tong-lue directly to clarify the quotations adduced by Chi-tsang in order to confirm the standpoint of his concept. By organizing, inducing and analyzing the quotations from Fa-fua-tong-lue and probing into the concepts, especially the concepts of “saddharma”, “puNDarIka” (analogy of buddhatA), “one vehicle”, “nirvAN”﹐ these terms of Eternal-reality are frequently found in Chi-tsang’s writings, however, the underlying purpose of these concepts are still annotated and explained by the concepts of prajna, emptiness and middle path. Therefore, we did not agree with some particular scholars that Chi-tsang had deviated from his own purpose and aim and collaborated with the ideas of tathAgata-garbha and Eternal-reality.