A Study of Alayavijnana from the Point of View of the Mind-Body Interrelationship

• Project/Area Number: 17K02218
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Chinese philosophy/Indian philosophy/Buddhist studies
• Research Institution: Waseda University
• Principal Investigator: Yamabe Nobuyoshi 早稲田大学, 文学学術院, 教授 (40222377)
• Project Period (FY): 2017-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2022)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000); Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
• Keywords: アーラヤ識 / 瑜伽行派 / 身心相関 / 禅定 / 転依 / 種子 / 『瑜伽師地論』 / 『成唯識論』 / アーラヤ識説 / 禅定実践 / 習気 / 分別 / 界 / 安危共同 / 身心関係 / 『摂大乗論分別秘義釈』 / 『瑜伽師地論釈』 / 種子説 / 同時因果 / 異時因果 / 瑜伽師地論 / 成唯識論 / 感官 / 種姓 / 仏教学

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The achievements of this project can be classified into the following five areas.
(1) Textual study of alayavijnana. At the earliest stage, alayavijnana was based on intuitive penetration into the mind-body interrelationship in meditational tranformation. (2) Research on the bija theory, which is closely tied to alayavijnana. I have discussed the issues of the simultaneous and successive causality, the gotra theory, the position of "conceptuality" in the development of the bija/vasana theory. (3)To shed light on an aspect of the mind-body relationship during meditation, I have discussed the operation of the five senses in deep meditation. (4) As part of the research into the bija theory, I have examined the background of the controversy over the origination of bija in the Cheng weishi lun. (5) To share the findings of my research with those who are not specialized in Buddhist Studies, I have exchanged ideas with researchers and practitioners in Western philosophy and psychology.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

瑜伽行派のアーラヤ識説は、一種の深層心理学として理解されることが多く、また無我輪廻を説明するための理論的要請とされたり、唯心説を成り立たせるために必要な種子説の基盤とされるなど、心理的・教理的側面から考察されることが一般的であったように思われる。一方、瑜伽行派の理論の背景に禅定の実践があるということは以前から言われてきたことであるが、その具体的な根拠は必ずしも明確にされていなかったように思われる。今回の研究では、文献資料に基づき、身心相関の要としてのアーラヤ識の役割を明確化することに努めた。そして、その成果を仏教学者のみならず心理学等の研究者・実践者とも共有し、広く社会に還元することを試みた。

Research Products

• [Journal Article] 『成唯識論』における種子の継時的因果説・同時的因果説の問題について (2020)
  • Author(s): 山部能宜
  • Journal Title: 駒澤大學禪研究所年報 Volume: 特別号 Pages: 349-377
• [Journal Article] <公開講演> アーラヤ識説と禅定実践の関係について―特に身心論の問題に着目して― (2019)
  • Author(s): 山部能宜
  • Journal Title: 駒澤大学大学院仏教学研究会年報 Volume: 52
• [Journal Article] Arayavijnana from a Practical Point of View (2018)
  • Author(s): Yamabe, Nobuyoshi
  • Journal Title: Journal of Indian Philosophy Volume: 46 Issue: 2 Pages: 283-319
  • DOI: 10.1007/s10781-018-9347-5
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] On Bijasraya: Successive Causality and Simultaneous Causality (2017)
  • Author(s): Yamabe, Nobuyoshi
  • Journal Title: Sravakabhumi and Buddhist Manuscripts Volume: 1 Pages: 9-25
• [Journal Article] Once Again on “Dhatu-vada.” (2017)
  • Author(s): Yamabe, Nobuyoshi
  • Journal Title: Critical Review for Buddhist Studies Volume: 21 Pages: 9-43
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 身心論の観点からみた瑜伽行派の人間観―アーラヤ識説を中心に― (2017)
  • Author(s): 山部能宜
  • Journal Title: 日本佛教學會年報 Volume: 82 Pages: 165-187
• [Presentation] 身心相関の観点からみた禅定の実践 一アーラヤ識説をてがかりに- (2021)
  • Author(s): 山部能宜
  • Organizer: 日本ソマティック心理学協会
  • Invited
• [Presentation] 禅定実践中的阿頼耶識（Alayavijnana）的意義 (2021)
  • Author(s): 山部能宜
  • Organizer: 第五届東方唯識学年会
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] Alayavijnana and the Mind-Body Correlation (2020)
  • Author(s): Nobuyoshi Yamabe
  • Organizer: Dr. P. V. Bapat Memorial Lecture
• [Presentation] Do Sense Perceptions Operate in Deep Meditation?: An Examination of a Passage on Meditative Experience in Cheng weishi lun (2019)
  • Author(s): Nobuyoshi Yamabe
  • Organizer: American Academy of Religion
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] 《成唯識論》”糅訳”的仮説性再探 (2018)
  • Author(s): 山部能宜
  • Organizer: 玄奘与絲路文化国際研討会
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] The Development of the Yogacara Bija Theory: Bija, Dhatu, Gotra, Vasana, and Conceptualization (2018)
  • Author(s): Nobuyoshi Yamabe
  • Organizer: Centre for South and South-East Asian Studies, University of Naples "L'Orientale"
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] 『成唯識論』における種子依の異時因果・同時因果の問題について (2018)
  • Author(s): 山部能宜
  • Organizer: スタンレー・ワインスタイン教授追悼国際シンポジウムー東アジア仏教研究のあけぼの
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] アーラヤ識説と禅定実践の関係についてー特に身心論の問題に着目してー (2018)
  • Author(s): 山部能宜
  • Organizer: 駒沢大学大学院仏教学研究会主催公開講演会
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Successive Causality and Simultaneous Causality in the Yogacara Theory of Bija (2018)
  • Author(s): Yamabe, Nobuyoshi
  • Organizer: SOAS Buddhist Forum
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Book] Illuminating the Dharma: Buddhist Studies in Honour of Venerable Professor KL Dhammajoti (2021)
  • Author(s): Toshiichi Endo, Bhikkhu Analayo, Bhikkhuni Dhammadinna, Vincent Eltschinger, Eli Franco, Lambert Schmithausen, Nobuyoshi Yamabe, et al.
  • Total Pages: 496
  • Publisher: Centre of Buddhist Studies, The University of Hong Kong
  • ISBN: 9789881684370
• [Book] Marga: Paths to Liberation in South Asian Buddhist Traditions (2020)
  • Author(s): Rupert Gethin, Naomi Appleton, Vincent Eltschinger, Vincent Tournier, Nobuyoshi Yamabe, Deniel M. Stuart, Malcolm David Eckel, Jowita Kramer, Peter-Daniel Szanto, Anna Filigenzi
  • Total Pages: 426
  • Publisher: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press
• [Book] From Chang'an to Nalanda: The Life and Legacy of the Chinese Buddhist Monk Xuanzang (602?-664) (2020)
  • Author(s): Shi Ciguang 釋慈光, Yamabe Nobuyoshi 山部能宜, Ernest Billings (Billy) Brewster, Li Zijie 李子捷, Dan Lusthaus, Richard D. McBride II, Shigeki Moro 師茂樹 , Jeffrey Kotyk, Guo Wu 伍國, Max Deeg, Arun Kumar Yadav, Yu Xin 余欣, George A. Keyworth, Siglinde Dietz
  • Total Pages: 525
  • Publisher: World Scholastic Publishers
• [Book] 從長安到那爛陀：玄奘（600？-664）的生平與遺産 (2020)
  • Author(s): 陳金華, 釋慈光, 山部能宜, 白立冰, 呉蔚琳, 長谷川岳史, 王邦維, 張●[女+亭], 王欣, 小峯和明, 陳明, 高陽, 伍國, 于碩, 張利明, 曹彦, 李子捷, 林佩瑩, 薛克翹, 劉林魁, 楊劍霄, 坂井田夕起子, 余欣, 紀贇, 邱蔚華, 王翔, 袁●[火+韋], 李海波
  • Total Pages: 649
  • Publisher: World Scholastic Publishers