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Philosophical Investigation of Sunyata in the Madhyamika Philosophy

Research Project

Project/Area Number 06610028
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field 印度哲学(含仏教学)
Research InstitutionThe Toyo Bunko

Principal Investigator

FUKUDA Yoichi  The Toyo Bunko Research Department Research Fellow, 研究部, 研究員 (00181280)

Project Period (FY) 1994 – 1996
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 1996)
Budget Amount *help
¥1,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000)
Fiscal Year 1996: ¥400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000)
Fiscal Year 1995: ¥400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000)
Fiscal Year 1994: ¥1,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000)
KeywordsMadhyamika / emptiness / Tsong kha pa / Prasangika / Tibetan Buddhism / 論理学 / 中観 / チベット語 / ゲルク派
Research Abstract

The theme of this research project is to establish the solid foundation for the philosophical investigation of the "emptiness" theory from the logical point of view. So far the "emptiness" thought of Madhyamika philosophy has been considered to transcend language description and to be grasped only intuitively. But Tsong kha pa, the last master of the lineage of Madhyamika philosophers and the founder of Gelug sect, analyzes the emptiness from the logical point of view, and established the logical, interpretation of Madhyamika philosophy. From that reason we dealt with his thought chiefly in the research project of this year. We also prepared a critical edition and Japanese translation of his small treatise as a solid foundation of further philosophical investigation of his Madhyamika thought. The framework of his Madhyamika philosophy is expressed by the so-called "Remarkable characteristics surpassing other philosophical standpoints (thun mong ma yin pa'i khyad chos) ". He counts eight characteristics and emphasizes that all these characteristics should be reduced to one principle that Prasangika philosophy does not allow the substantial basis of the object of worldly language activities. The treatise of which we prepared the critical text and the translation is "A Lecture on the eight difficult and important points in Madhyamika theory (dka' gnas brgyad kyi zin bris) ". These difficult and important points are almost same as eight remarkable characteristics surpassing other philosophical standpoints. In this text Tsong kha pa summarizes his Madhyamika philosophy briefly and comprehensively. Following descriptions of this text we can easily understand the basic points of his philosophy. We also added some lists on the same theme presented by later masters of Gelug sect, that is, 'Jams dbyangs bzhed pa, 1Cang skya and Glong rdol bla ma.

Report

(4 results)
  • 1996 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 1995 Annual Research Report
  • 1994 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (9 results)

All Other

All Publications (9 results)

  • [Publications] Yoichi Fukuda: "Extended Wylie Method of the Transcription of Tibetan Characters and the Database Project of Asian Languages in the Toyo Bunko" Tibetan Studies : Proceedings of the 7th Seminoar of the International Assosication for Tibetan Studies, Graz 1995. Edited by Helmut Krasser, Michael Torsten Much, et al.Vol.1. 293-297 (1997)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1996 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 福田 洋一: "ツォンカパの中観思想における根本命題について" 日本西蔵学会々報. 第42号(印刷中).

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1996 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 福田 洋一 訳: "ダライラマの仏教哲学講義" 大東出版社, 296 (1997)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1996 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 福田 洋一 他 共編: "西蔵仏教基本文献 第1巻 The Collected Sa-bcad of rJe yab sras gsung 'bum(1)" 財団法人 東洋文庫, 160 (1996)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1996 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 福田 洋一 他 共編: "西蔵仏教基本文献 第2巻 Sa-bcad of rJe yab sras gsung 'bum(2)" 財団法人 東洋文庫, 357 (1997)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1996 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Yoichi Fukuda: "Extended Wylie Method of the Transcription of Tibetan Characters and the Database Project of Asian Languages in the Toyo Bunko" Tibetan Studies : Proceedings of the 7th Seminoar of the International Assosication for Tibetan studies, Graz 1995.vol.1. 293-297 (1997)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1996 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Yoichi Fukuda Ed.: Basic Studies for Tibetan Buddhism : The Collected Sa-bcad of rJe yab sras gsung 'bum (1). The Toyo Bunko., 160 (1996)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1996 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Yoichi Fukuda Ed.: Basic Studies for Tibetan Buddhism : Sa-bcad of rJe rab sras gsung 'bum (2). The Toyo Bunko., 357 (1997)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1996 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 福田洋一: "日本のチベット学10年-山口瑞鳳博士の研究を中心に-" 佛教學. 第36号. (55)-(79) (1994)

    • Related Report
      1994 Annual Research Report

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Published: 1994-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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