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How Do We Understand the Meaning of a Sentence Under the Yogācāra Model of the Mind? On Disputes Among East Asian Yogācāra Thinkers of the Seventh Century |
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Keng, Ching
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Journal of Indian Philosophy
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| Volume | v.46 n.3 |
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| Date | 2018.07 |
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| Pages | 475 - 504 |
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| Publisher | Springer |
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http://www.springer.com/gp/
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| Location | Berlin, Germany [柏林, 德國] |
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| Content type | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Keyword | Yogācāra Model of the Mind; Yogācāra Thinkers; weishi lun=唯識論 |
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| Abstract | Understanding the meaning of a sentence is crucial for Buddhists because they put so much emphasis on understanding the verbal expressions of the Buddha. But this can be problematic under their metaphysical framework of momentariness, and their epistemological framework of multiple consciousnesses. This paper starts by reviewing the theory of five states of mind in the Yogācārabhūmi, and then investigates debates among medieval East Asian Yogācāra thinkers about how various consciousnesses work together to understand the meaning of a sentence. The major differences between the various explanations proffered lie in the minimum number of types of consciousnesses involved, and the minimum linguistic marks (sound, syllable, term, sentence and meaning) cognized, in order for one to understand a sentence consisting of four Chinese characters. I show that in these disputes, two points are key: First, the role played by the mental consciousness that arises simultaneously with a sensory consciousness: that is to say, whether a sensory consciousness should still be regarded as essential for understanding, if the simultaneous mental consciousness also cognizes the same mark. Second, whether the syntactic structure of a sentence is taken into consideration: that is to say, whether there is a separate determination of understanding regarding each character, or there is no determination until one has heard two or more characters and takes them as a syntactically meaningful unit. |
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| Table of contents | Abstract 475
Introduction 476
The Yogācāra Model of Five States of Minds 477
Kuiji’s Interpretation 479
Wŏnch’ŭk’s Interpretation 483
Huizhao’s Criticism 492
General Observations 499
Conclusion: Towards a More Mundane Yogācāra 502
References
Primary Sources 503
Secondary References 504 |
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| ISSN | 00221791 (P); 15730395 (E) |
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| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10781-017-9343-1 |
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| Hits | 127 |
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| Created date | 2022.10.17 |
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| Modified date | 2023.09.27 |
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