論瑜伽行派對經文解釋的一個面向— 以《瑜伽師地論・攝異門分》中關於「精進」的經文解釋為主題=One Aspect of the Interpretation of Buddhist Scriptures by the Yogācāra School - Focusing on the Description of a Scripture on Vigor in the Paryāyasaṃgrahaṇī of the Yogācārabhūmi -
Buddhism cannot be discussed without Buddha Śākyamuni. Now that Śākyamuni has passed away, the easiest way to get access to his teachings is to rely on the sutras that have been handed down from generation to generation by his disciples as "the words of the Buddha." The Yogācāra school, one of the most influential schools in Indian Buddhist history, is known as a school that focuses on the practice of meditation. The word "yoga" may give the impression that they do not place much importance on the words of the Buddha, but this is not the case. In fact, the Yogācārabhūmi, a fundamental treatise of the school, devotes three of its five sections to sutra interpretation. In this presentation, therefore, I will treat as an example a passage on vigor (vīrya) in the Paryāyasaṃgrahaṇī (included in the three sections), a collection of synonymous and related terms that appear in the sutras, and clarify one aspect of their characteristics on their interpretation of Buddha's words based on two points: (1) the scriptural sources and (2) the method of interpretation of the scriptural terms themselves. By (1) confirming that the Yogācāra school, which is said to have derived from the Sarvāstivāda school, employs the sources found in Sarvāstivāda's treatises such as the Saṅgītiparyāya, and (2) examining how their interpretation differs from the Sarvāstivādin's including comparing it with other Yogācāra literature, I will demonstrate that, while sharing the same sutras with the Sarvāstivādins, the Yogācāra school has incorporated those sutras into their own unique practice method.
