《菩薩所行方便境界遊戲神通說》佛身光喻索隱

高明道

Author

高明道

Source

中華佛學學報=Chung-Hwa Buddhist Journal=Journal of Chinese Buddhist Studies

Volume

n.7

Date

1994.07

Pages

373 - 447

Publisher

中華佛學研究所=Chung-Hwa Institute of Buddhist Studies

Publisher Url

http://www.chibs.edu.tw/publication_tw.php?id=12

Location

新北市, 臺灣 [New Taipei City, Taiwan]

Content type

期刊論文=Journal Article

Language

中文=Chinese; 英文=English

Note

(影像)

Keyword

菩薩行方便境界神通變化經; 大薩遮尼乾子所說經; 琉璃

Abstract

「佛光」一詞在今日臺灣流行甚廣，但其意義或涵義的歷史演變尠為人研究. 為彌補此缺憾，本文擬就《菩薩所行方便境界遊戲神通說》別序所載佛光喻略加以探討. 先將該經直接翻自印度原典的漢，蕃譯本上相關的長行，偈頌部分斠訂，對照排列，方便比較. 接著分析其中關鍵詞，並舉例說明，透過此番分析所獲得的知識對理解他經上類似的文字有幫助. 進而探索諸喻中的摩尼寶喻，指出《阿含》上該譬喻一般以「清楚地看到」為重點，但偶爾已遷移，指「佛陀清楚可見」. 最後提出,《般舟三昧經》應是《菩薩所行方便境界遊戲神通說》佛身光喻的資料來源，不過前者談修持法門，而後者讚歎世尊種種殊勝功德，旨趣非一.

Despite its wide currency in modern Taiwan，the term 佛光 as well as the concepts connected
therewith in the Buddhist tradition have hardly been subjected to academic endeavour. In order to begin
to remedy this situation the present paper draws attention to the depiction of the Buddha's
effulgence in the `nidana` of the `Bodhisattvago caropayavisayavikurvitanirdesa`. The relevant prose
and verse portions of the three versions translated directly from Indian originals are presented as a
critically edited synopsis. On this basis, the Tibetan and Chinese renderings of the key term "to
obscure" are analyzed philologically，and it is demonstrated how the knowledge derived from this
analysis helps to gain a correct understanding of similar passages in other sutras. This leads to the
discussion of one of the similies used to describe the Buddha's spendour--the `vaidurya` jewel. It is
shown that the Agamas / `Nikayas` generally employed this simile to express "clarity of vision" in
itself，but in some cases it is shifted to indicate the clear visibility of the Buddha instead. It is,
of course，in this sense that the `Bodhisattvago caropayavisayavikurvitanirdesa` makes use of it.
The direct source of this text，however，and this refers to all similes, not just `vaidurya, ` is not
the Agama Literature，but with high probability the `Pratyutpanna-buddha-sammukhavasthita-samadhi-
sutra`. Yet the author(s) of the `Bodhisattvago` caropayavisayavikurvitanirdesa` did not slavishly
copy their source as the meaning of "clear visibility" is distinctly different--in the
`Pratyutpanna-buddha-sammukhavasthita-samadhi-sutra` it refers to a meditative practice，in the
`Bodhisattvagocaropayavisayavikurvitanirdesa` it is adduced to underline the Buddha's grandeur.

ISSN

10177132 (P)

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