Author Affiliations: Department of Buddhist Studies, Fo Guang University, No. 160, Linwei Rd., Jiaosi, Yilan County 26247, Taiwan, R.O.C.
關鍵詞
Dedication; Three samādhis; Prajñāpāramitā; Liberation; Sāgaramatiparipṛcchāsūtra; All-knowing
摘要
The idea that insight is by nature incompatible with concentration has been a long-term focus of scholarly discussion regarding the interpretation of some sūtra passages that could suggest the occurrence of insight within concentration. In the prajñāpāramitā literature, the set of three samādhis (the concentrations of emptiness, signlessness and wishlessness) is identified with insight, the prajñāpāramitā. Some scholars identify the experience of emptiness in these samādhis with a state of concentration, very likely the absorption of extinction (nirodhasamāpatti). I highlight elsewhere a passage in the prajñāpāramitā in which preceding vows play an important role in the practice of emptiness, that is, the prajñāpāramitā and may apply to the moment just before entering into the absorption of extinction. However, the problem of how the prajñāpāramitā is by nature incompatible with concentration could be practiced in the absorption of extinction remains. In the Sāgaramatiparipṛcchāsūtra there is a passage which illustrates the significance and effect of dedications preceding the practice of the three samādhis. According to this passage, the set of three samādhis is sometimes described as some very deep concentrations; at their emergence there could be two different attainments: either nirvāṇa or all-knowing accompanied by all qualities of the Buddha. This paper looks into the several steps immediately before the attainment of all-knowing by revealing a new usage of "dedications" in the Sāgaramatiparipṛcchāsūtra.
目次
Introduction 728 The Sāgaramatiparipṛcchā 730 Similarities in Passages in the Prajñāpāramitā and the Sāgaramatiparipṛcchā 731 The Peaceful or Tranquil samādhi 736 Dedication and Resolution in the Sāgaramatiparipṛcchā 738 Resolution as a Diligent Application 739 The Force of Earlier Resolutions 742 Comparison of the Attainments of the śrāvaka and the bodhisattva 745 The Three samādhis and the prajñāpāramitā 750 Conclusion 753
