親鸞の菩薩観：「証巻」所引『浄土論註』「畢竟平等」の語を通して=Shinran’s View of Bodhisattvas: Through the Word “Ultimately Equal” in Tanluan’s Commentary on the Treatise on the Pure Land Quoted in the “Chapter on Realization”
This article inquires into Shinran’s view of bodhisattvas in his main work, Kyōgyōshinshō (教行信証), and in particular, attempts to consider it in reference to the word “ultimately equal (畢竟平等) in Tanluan’s Commentary on the Treatise on the Pure Land (浄土論註) quoted in the “Chapter on Realization.” Shinran generally interprets the word “bodhisattva” as meaning “Bodhisattva Dharmākara.” But we also see examples in which the Kyōgyōshinshō expresses “bodhisattva” as equivalent to “the person who has attained shinjin (faith) through the nenbutsu.” Nevertheless, it is one of the features of Shinran’s view of “bodhisattvas” that he doesn’t consider himself to be a “bodhisattva.” This presentation takes the stance that Shinran’s view of “bodhisattvas” will become clear through considering the word “ultimately equal” that appears in the text of “the virtue of sustaining without any futility (不虚作住持功徳)” which is quoted in the “Chapter on Realization,” and thereby attempts to clarify the position of the “bodhisattvas who have not yet realized the pure mind,” which has not been discussed as a main theme until now.
