『寶性論』의 佛性認識에 관한 硏究 : 「一切衆生有如來藏品」을 中心으로

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The thought of the Buddha-nature(佛性) is the teachings of the Buddha that give emphasis to the point that even though all sentient beings are suffered from afflictive emotions in reality, the inherent purity of their mind are equal to the Buddha's mind by nature.
Among the Buddhist texts which deal with the thought of the Buddha-nature, the text of "Ratnagotra-vibhāga Mahāyānôttaratan-tra-śāstra"(『究竟一乘寶性論』, abbreviated to Uttaratantra, 『寶性論』) was written, especially, for the purpose of the systematization of the thought of the Tathagatagrabha(如來藏), and the contents of this commentary shows that it well details the original thought and the fundamental meaning of the Buddha-nature formed before the connection with the Mind-Only school.
With Uttaratantra(『寶性論』), the early commentary on the thought of the Tathagatagrabha, as a main text, this study is focused on what differences lie in the recognition of the entity of the Buddha-nature as compared with other texts. And, this study proceeds in the manner of re-criticizing the view of the critical Buddhist thinkers, who have wrong concept of the Buddha-nature, by presenting the thought of the Uttaratantra.
Especially, the 5th chapter of the Chinese version of the Uttaratantra, the chapter of ‘all sentient beings posses the Tathagatagrabha’(｢一切衆生有如來藏品｣), shows the way of recognizing the Buddha-nature by explaining the 3 significant meanings and the 10 points of view of the Tathagatagrabha. Accordingly, this study deals with the problem that there might be the miss understanding, based on the chapter of all sentient beings have the Tathagatagrabha, that the entity of the Buddha-nature realistically exists.
Thus, as concerns about how to recognize the entity of the Buddha-nature, this study presents the guidelines to find the correct method of the recognition on the Buddha-nature with the help of the commentary, the Uttaratantra. And this study is aimed at proving the fact that the origin of the thought of the Buddha-nature is not in violation of Buddha's right teachings.
In order to study on this subject, first, the original form of the Buddha-nature in other Buddhist text was examined. Secondly, it proceeded the study on the Uttaratantra's way of recognizing the Buddha-nature based on the 5th chapter of the Uttaratantra, the chapter of all sentient beings have the Tathagatagrabha. And, lastly, after studying on the critical Buddhist thinkers' wrong view of the Buddha-nature, this work expresses re-criticizing opinion of their view.
Those scholars who assert the critical Buddhism tried to understand the thought of the Brahman and the thought of the Buddha as the simple antagonistic system of the monism and pluralism. They say that the thought of the Brahman which believes the one and only absolute being beyond the phenomenal world is the monism, and as the monistic thinking in the Mahayana philosophy is opposed to the Buddha's teachings, it is under the thought of the Brahman. Furthermore, they regard that the theories of the Tathagatagrabha and the innate enlightenment(本覺) are, far from the view of the Dependent Arising in Fundamental Buddhism, transformed into the monistical essentialism.
However, the Buddha's thought of dependent arising transcends the antagonistic system of the monism and pluralism. The Buddha never accepted or denied neither monism nor pluralism, but insisted the middle path.
The main issue in the view of the critical Buddhist thinkers are that they regard the Buddha-nature as the Dhatu-vada(基體說), and such view is refuted by the point of the ontology and the derivative manifestation. Besides, this work attempted to arrange the method of analysis and the different view of the definition of the Buddha-nature through the original language, and concluded the standpoint of the recognition of the Buddha-nature through the relationship of the time and space.
As above, this study is focused on the thought of the Buddha-nature that deliberated in the Uttaratantra, and deals with the assertions of the critical Buddhist thinkers. The text of the Uttaratantra explains that one can realize the non-difference between the sentient beings and the Buddha through the right recognition of the Buddha-nature, and this shows the emphasis on the practice and faith by way of revealing the potentiality of being a Buddha.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• I. 序論 = 1
• 1. 연구목적 = 1
• 2. 연구방법 및 범위 = 3
• II. 佛敎經典에서의 佛性認識 = 6
• 1. 初期經典에서의 佛性認識 = 6
• 2. 大乘經典에서의 佛性認識 = 11
• 3. 如來藏三部經에서의 佛性認識 = 15
• III. 『寶性論』의 成立과 構成 = 23
• 1. 『寶性論』의 眞撰 與否 = 23
• 2. 『寶性論』의 構成 = 26
• IV. 「一切衆生有如來藏品」의 佛性認識 = 32
• 1. 佛性의 原語와 그 意味 = 32
• 2. 如來藏의 三種自性 = 35
• 3. 如來藏 十義로서의 佛性 = 41
• V. 佛性說 批判에 대한 反論 = 52
• 1. 佛性說에 대한 批判佛敎의 誤解 = 52
• 2. 批判에 대한 再批判 = 57
• VI. 結論 = 63
• 參考文獻 = 67
• Abstract = 73