格魯派《現觀莊嚴論》注解的傳承與創新 : 從「彌勒是佛或菩薩之諍」的溯源觀察=Tracing the Source of the Dispute Whether Maitreya is a Buddha or a Bodhisattva : An Observation on Tradition and Innovation in the Gelug Commentaries on the Abhisamayālamkāra
The Abhisamayālamkāra textbooks used presently by Gelugpa educational institutions contain discussions on the question whether Maitreya is a buddha or a bodhisattva. Texts like the Avatamsakasūtra, Uttaratantra, Abhidharmakośa and Śiksasamuccayaare quoted and Buddhological concepts like buddhahood, the stages of a bodhisattva etc. are probed by all traditional means of Buddhist logic. The present writer discovered, however, that none of the twenty-one Indian commentaries on the Abhisamayālamkāra and none of the earlier Tibetan commentaries up to Tsong-kha-pa himself contains anything corresponding. Thus the question arises how this became such an important topic in the later commentaries, especially those of the Gelugpa. The main thrust of the present paper lies in an exploration of this riddle covering the Gelug commentaries after Tsong-kha-pa up to the eighteenth century in order to demonstrate the traditional and innovative aspects of this literature.
