The path to awakening of the Yogacara-Madhyamika school : A Translation of the three Bhavanakramas

Research Project

Project/Area Number	20520049
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Indian philosophy/Buddhist studies
Research Institution	Kyoto Koka Women's University
Principal Investigator	ICHIGO Masamichi Kyoto Koka Women's University, 学長 (60065844)
Research Collaborator	OZAWA Chiaki ブリストル大学, リサーチフェロー (50440863) OTA Fukiko 大谷大学, 助教 (30586243) UENO Makio 社団法人ドイツ惠光日本文化センター, 客員研究員 (70460657)
Project Period (FY)	2008 – 2010
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2010)
Budget Amount *help	¥4,550,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,050,000) Fiscal Year 2010: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000) Fiscal Year 2009: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000) Fiscal Year 2008: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Keywords	仏教学 / 瑜伽行中観派 / 修習次第 / カマラシーラ / 唯識観行 / Kamalasila / Bhavanakrama
Research Abstract	The present work consists of a translation of the three Bhavanakramas with four appendices (I. a table of the method of meditation expounded in the three Bhavanakramas, II. a list of corrections for the Sanskrit texts, III. a list of references to the sutras quoted by the texts, IV. a synopsis of the three Bhavanakramas). In the footnotes of our translation, we trace the source of the practice in the Bhavanakramas back to the Yogacara school and early Buddhism. In appendix III, we exhaustively collect instances in which other exegetical texts quote the same sentences of sutra as the Bhavanakramas. The work provides the foundation not only to study the Buddhist way to awakening according to the Yogacara-Madhyamika school but also to help us greatly in our understanding of the tradition of "philosophical theory" and "spiritual practice" in Indian Buddhism.