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Mind in Dispute: The Section on Mind in Harivarman’s *Tattvasiddhi |
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Lin, Qian (著)=林乾 (au.)
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| Date | 2015 |
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| Pages | 314 |
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| Publisher | University of Washington |
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| Publisher Url |
https://www.washington.edu/
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| Location | Seattle, WA, US [西雅圖, 華盛頓州, 美國] |
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| Content type | 博碩士論文=Thesis and Dissertation |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Degree | doctor |
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| Institution | University of Washington |
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| Department | Department of Asian Languages and Literature |
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| Advisor | Collett D. Cox |
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| Publication year | 2015 |
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| Abstract | This dissertation is an in-depth study of the dispute on the doctrines regarding the structure of mind
as recorded in the fourth century CE Abhidharma work, the *Tattvasiddhi (成實論, TatSid
hereafter) by Harivarman. Despite the specific differences among the various Buddhist
Abhidharma analyses of mind, in general they can be divided into two major positions. Some
propose that mind is composed of consciousness (citta or vijñāna) and various numbers of mental
factors (caitasika or caitta), which are mental phenomena that are different from but associated
(saṃprayukta) with consciousness. Others oppose the existence of caitasikas as entities separate
from consciousness; instead they suggest that caitasikas are not different from citta by nature but
are only citta in different modes. In chapters 60-67, the TatSid records arguments representing
both sides of the dispute. The present study consists of an annotated English translation (chapter
5) of chapters 60-67 of the TatSid as well as detailed analyses of and comments on each of the
arguments for or against the notions of “mental factor” (caitasika) (chapter 2) and “association”
(saṃprayoga) (chapter 3). The study also includes a general introduction (chapter 1), and in the
introductory sections in chapters 2 and 3 extensive surveys of the origins and development of the
two interconnected doctrines regarding caitasika and saṃprayoga in the sūtras, Abhidharma, and
Yogācāra texts.
Unlike previous scholarship on the TatSid, which views the work primarily from the
perspective of doctrinal history and investigates the sectarian or school affiliations of its
arguments, the present study is based firstly on the textual and philological examination of the
work itself as well as the texts quoted in it. This textual investigation reveals that Harivarman and
the TatSid have a close relationship with the Sarvāstivāda lineage, and the doctrinal positions of
Harivarman regarding the structure of mind bear great affinities with those of the so-called
Dārṣṭāntikas as recorded in other Abhidharma texts. In addition, by comparing extensively the
cited texts and the doctrinal positions in the arguments of the TatSid with the sūtras and extant
Abhidharma and Yogācāra texts, this study also demonstrates how Buddhist teachers differed in
their understanding of fundamental Buddhist doctrines and also how doctrines changed throughout
history. |
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| Table of contents | Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. The Dispute on Mental Factors (caitasika)
Chapter 3. The Dispute on Association (saṃprayoga)
Chapter 4. Conclusion
Chapter 5. Annotated Translation of Chapters 60-67 of the *Tattvasiddhi |
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| Created date | 2022.10.21 |
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| Modified date | 2023.02.10 |
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