僧肇〈涅槃无名论〉疑义与析-玄奘大学.PDF

六 96 年01 113-172 ∗ 論 ∗∗ 論論 裡 了論 論 1不狀 不 念 來不 理不 落 2 論了 不離行立 度論 若說 ∗ 老復 ～年 讀論 宅樂數年 廬來 見行 北年 ～ ∗∗ 113 六 3 立 論寧說 更說 了 114 論 The Problems and Explication of Seng Chao’s “the Treatise of NirvANa is Unnameable” Chen , Ping-kun∗ ABSTRACT This article will put much emphasis upon “the Treatise of NirvANa is Unnameable” written by the Venerable Seng Chao. My main goal is to discuss a variety of relevant thoughts and disputes in Buddhism about “the Essential Nature of NirvANa”. In this article I will also emphasize and explicate the correlation between NirvANa and Buddhist practices and how to confront and understand the crucial philosophical problems arising in the discussion. For the time being, the article has gained the following primary conclusion: Although NirvANa itself cannot be described and narrated by human language, we are still allowed to make use of the conception of the Essence and to express its legitimacy to other relevant thoughts and meaning. To understand the problem of the collation between practices and NirvANa, Venerable Seng Chao considered NirvANa as having not deviated from the practices of Buddhahood, certainly he regarded NirvANa as the way of practice. The position