真心與妄心 ── 聖嚴法師何以接受澫益智旭的天台學?=True Mind and Deluded Mind: How the Chan Master Sheng Yen (1930-2009) Accepted the Tiantai Buddhism by Ouyi Zhixu (1599-1655)?
Guifeng Zongmi (780-841) was a Buddhist scholar who deeply affected by both Chan and Huayan in Tang Dynasty; he was installed as the fifth patriarch of Huayan as well as a patriarch of Heze School of Southern Chan for his integrating Chan and Huayan teaching. Zongmi’s True Mind Ontology has dominated following interpretation of Chan Buddhism Yongming Yanshou (905-976) in Five Dynasties and though Yanshou affecting Shanwai School of Tiantai Buddhism in Song Dynasty, until Ouyi Zhixu (1599-1655). Zhixu accepted Yanshou’s integrating thoughts which integrates Tiantai, Huayan, Chan, Pure Land and Secret Buddhism as one, Zhixu who was also one of the integrating Buddhism scholars in Ming Dynasty, made a book to include basic thoughts of Tiantai buddhism: Essence of Teaching and Meditation (Jiao Guan Gang Zong) which Chan Master Sheng Yen has made a commentary to it: The Key of Mind of Tiantai Buddhism: A Integrating Commentary of Essence of Teaching and Meditation. Zhixu was also the topic of Ph.D dissertation of Chan Master Sheng Yen. We can find obviously affection of Zhixu by different kinds of works of Sheng Yen. Along long periods of Chinese Buddhist philosophy of Mind, there are so many complicate problems among Tiantai, Huayan, Chan, Pure Land, even Yanshou and Zhixu had ever tried to solve, but they really finish it? Thus, this paper want to ask and answer two questions above: Why Sheng Yen accepted the Tiantai Buddhism by Zhixu in his Fagu (Dharma Drumb) Chan Buddhism? And how did Sheng Yen solve the inconsistent of mind theory between Tiantai and Chan?
