『楞伽師資記』の依用文献について：新出石山寺蔵『跋陀三蔵安心法』を手掛かりに=On the Literary References in The Record of the Masters and Disciples of the Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra: Based on the Newly Discovered Ba tuo sanzang anxin fa 跋陀三蔵安心法 Text from the Ishiyamadera 石山寺 Collection
The Record of the Masters and Disciples of the Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra (Lengqie shizi ji 楞伽師資記), written by Jingjue 浄覚 (683–750?), is the oldest surviving Chan history text that records the lineage of the eight Chan Patriarchs, the list beginning here out of respect for the Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra with Guṇabhadra 求那跋陀羅, the translator of that sūtra, followed by Bodhidharma 菩提達摩, Huike 慧可, Sengcan 僧璨, Daoxin 道信, Hongren 弘忍, until Shenxiu 神秀. It is of note that the text places Guṇabhadra as the founder of the lineage, which is quite a different claim than the traditional Chan view which places Bodhidharma as the founder of the lineage. However, the organization of the text of The Record of the Masters and Disciples of the Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra as a whole is extremely complex, and there are still many unresolved problems regarding its origin. In this paper, I focus on texts referenced by The Record of the Masters and Disciples of the Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra, in order to trace its origins. Through examining the characteristics of the quotes in the text, as well as the aim of quoting them, I will explore the importance of this text within the field of Chan Buddhist studies.
