Philological Research into the Abbreviated Commentary on the Dharanyah in the Saddharmapundarika-sutra written by Zsiun in the Light of History of the Esoteric Buddhism

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24652008
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Indian philosophy/Buddhist studies
• Research Institution: University of Tsukuba
• Principal Investigator: AKIYAMA Manabu 筑波大学, 人文社会系, 准教授 (80231843)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): AKIYAMA Kanako (YOSHIMORI Kanako) 筑波大学, 人文社会系, 准教授 (10302829)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 慈雲 / 『法華陀羅尼略解』 / 『神儒偶談』 / 菴摩羅識 / 高天原虚空観 / 法界体性智 / 瞽者 / 尚古主義

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The autograph manuscript of the Abbreviated Commentary on the Dharanyah in the Saddharmapundarika-sutra is now in the possession of the Library of Tsukuba University. There is a copy of this Commentary by an anonymous in the possession of Seirai-ji temple at Tsu. In this Commentary, Ziun makes clear his inclination to interpret the sutra from the viewpoint of Vijnana-vadin. Ziun reveals his assent to the reverence of Confucius for the principles transmitted from the ancients in the Casual Conversation between Shintoist and Buddhist. Ziun, on the other hand, reveals his opinion in the Teachings of the Major Abbot of the Hermitage with Two Dragons that the amala-vijnana corresponds to the Takamanohara of Shintoism or the Void of Buddhism. Confucius respects the blinds highly in the Analects (15-42). We could say that the blinds lacking in the eyesight live their life with the amala-vijnana. Thus, we can find a dimension fused among Confucianism, Shintoism and Buddhism in this Commentary.

Free Research Field

古典古代学