他空說的系譜與內含－－論印順法師對唯識空性說的理解=The Genealogy and It's Content of “the Emptiness of Others”: On Master Yin Xun's Understanding about the Emptiness Theory of Mind-Only School
Roughly speaking, there are two different ways in comprehending the Emptiness in the history of Buddhism. One is called “the Emptiness of Self”（svabhAva-ZUnyatA）emphasizing that A is empty as A itself; the other is called “the Emptiness of Others”（ parasvabhAva-ZUnyatA ） insisting that A is empty as devoid of B. The former thinks that phenomena (dharmas) raise from cause and condition, so they exist and are empty at the same time. In contrast to it, the latter argues that what exists is not empty, and what is empty doesn’t exist. This article try to summarize and analyze the genealogy and it’s content of “the Emptiness of Others”from Master Yin Xun’s (1906-2005) works, and subsequently discuss his understanding about the Emptiness Theory of Mind-Only School. Master Yin Xun insists consistently that the Emptiness Theory of Mind-Only School is one type of “the Emptiness of Others”, although among the genealogy it is nearest to the “the Emptiness of Self”ascribed to Middle-Way School. Comprehending Emptiness, Mind-Only School stands on the position of epistemology, and says that all phenomena (dharmas) raising from cause and condition is not empty in itself but empty as devoid of external objects seized by the defiled consciousness. And that is that essential difference between the two schools.
