Perspective on the Lotus Sutra
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چکیده
IT is clear from his Tract on Establishing the Vow 立誓願文 that Huisi 慧思 (515–577), the Grand Master of Nanyue, had a profound faith in the Prajñå SËtra and Lotus SËtra. Fortunately for us, it is possible to ascertain Huisi’s view of the Lotus SËtra from Huisi’s Meaning of the Course of Ease and Bliss in the Lotus SËtra 法華經安樂行義 (hereafter abbreviated as Meaning of the Course of Ease and Bliss). The Meaning of the Course of Ease and Bliss is not a work given to interlinear explanation of the textual contents of the Lotus SËtra, but a work that centers topically on the course of ease and bliss as a distinctive conceptual theme. According to their respective hagiographies, the course of ease and bliss was the very first teaching that Huisi imparted to Zhiyi when he and Zhiyi initially met on Mount Dasu. Although it is a comparatively short text, but in this study I will investigate Huisi’s views of the Lotus SËtra as evinced in the Meaning of the Course of Ease and Bliss. In terms of its overall structure, Huisi begins the Meaning of the Course of Ease and Bliss with a summary statement of his own views on the Lotus SËtra. On the basis of this synopsis, he then presents fifteen gåthå-style verses, in which he elucidates the twofold course of ease and bliss—namely, practice endowed with distinguishing features (有相行) and practice devoid of distinguishing features (無相行)—and the meaning of the One Vehicle. The verses are followed by a set of ten question and answer exchanges, which further clarify points raised in the gåthå verses. In the pages below I will take up various points and investigate Huisi’s views on the Lotus SËtra, in keeping with this basic organization of the text.
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