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Nirvāṇa and Tathatā in the Early Yogācāra Texts: The Bodhisattva's Adaptation of the Śrāvaka-Path |
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Choong, Yoke-meei (著)
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Journal of Indian Philosophy
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| Volume | v.41 n.1 |
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| Date | 2013.02 |
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| Pages | 79 - 109 |
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| Publisher | Springer |
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| Publisher Url |
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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| Note | Author Affiliations: Fo Guang University, Jiaoxi, Taiwan |
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| Keyword | Bodhisattva-path; Suchness; Unconditioned; Abandonment; Mundane-path |
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| Abstract | Indian and Chinese commentaries on the Bodhisattva-path assign to it a path of seeing analogous to that of the Śrāvaka-path. Consequently, the non- discursive insight of the bodhisattva is usually taken to be equivalent to the insight of the śrāvaka when s/he experiences the unconditioned. Yet a matter of concern for the bodhisattva in the Prajñāpāramitā literatures and many other earlier Mahāyāna texts is that s/he should not realize the unconditioned (=nirvāṇa) in the practice of the path before s/he attains Buddhahood. Because the bodhisattva has to accumulate immeasurable kalpas of merits in order to attain Buddhahood, s/he does not want to end the circle of existence by realizing the unconditioned. Ending the circle of existence would deprive her/him of the chance to attain Buddhahood. An early extant system of the Bodhisattva-path delineated in the Yogācārabhūmi (YBh), especially in the Bodhisattvabhūmi (BoBh) follows these early Mahāyāna sūtras in the treatment of the unconditioned. However, according to BoBh, the bodhisattva beginning from the first level can take rebirths at will and at the eighth level s/he enters into Suchness (tathatā) with non-discursive knowledge (nirvikalpajñāna). On the other hand, the bodhisattva has no esteem for the unconditioned and abstains from the abandonment of all defilements and the realization of nirvāṇa. By comparing the Bodhisattva-path in BoBh with the Śrāvaka-path delineated especially in the Śrāvakabhūmi (SrBh) of the same YBh system this paper tests whether the insight of the bodhisattva or the insight of Suchness is endowed with properties equivalent to the transcendental status of nirvāṇa or whether the insight of Suchness is a mundane insight, which still falls short of nirvāṇa. |
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| Table of contents | Introduction 80
Comparing the Two Paths of Seeing 82
The Mundane Path 85
Abandonment of Defilements 89
The Non-discursive Knowledge 91
The Patient Acquiescence of Non-origination 96
Acquiescence In [Seeing That] All Phenomena Have No Origination [at this level] 99
Reinterpretation of the Transcendental Path 102
Conclusion 107
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| ISSN | 00221791 (P); 15730395 (E) |
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| Hits | 183 |
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| Created date | 2013.10.11 |
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| Modified date | 2023.10.18 |
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