Toward a New Image of Paramartha : Yogacara and Tathagatagarbha Buddhism Revisited (Bloomsbury Studies in World Philosophies)

Keng, Ching

Bloomsbury Academic（2022/11発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 304 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781350303904
• DDC分類 294.342

Full Description

Yogacara and Tathagatagarbha are often regarded as antagonistic Indian Buddhist traditions. Paramartha (499-569) is traditionally credited with amalgamating these philosophies by translating one of the most influential Tathagatagarbha texts in East Asia, the Awakening of Faith in Mahayana, and introducing Tathagatagarbha notions into his translations of Yogacara texts.

Engaging with the digitalized Chinese Buddhist canon, Ching Keng draws on clues from a long-lost Dunhuang fragment and considers its striking similarities with Paramartha's corpus with respect to terminology, style of phrasing, and doctrines. In this cutting-edge interpretation of the concept of jiexing, Keng demystifies the image of Paramartha and makes the case that the fragment holds the key to recover his original teachings.

Contents

List of Tables and Figures
Abbreviations and Convention

Introduction

1. Two Competing Readings of the Notion of Jiexing
2. Doubts about the Connection between the Awakening of Faith in Mahayana and Paramartha
3. A Philological Investigation of Dunhuang Fragment T2805
4. Doctrinal Coherence between T2805 and the Works of Paramartha
5. Two Shelun Lineages and How the Awakening of Faith Came to be Attributed to Paramartha
6. What Exactly is Jiexing?
7. Paramartha as a Successor to Vasubandhu
Conclusion

Notes
Bibliography
Index