所知障是無明或無知?在東亞唯識學與印-藏中觀學之間(上)
Is Obstruction of Knowledge Misconception or Not-knowing? From the Perspectives of East Asian Vijñānavāda and Indo-Tibetan Mādhyamika (Part I)
劉宇光 (Lawrence Y. K. Lau)
 


  This article is a study of the nature of “obstruction of knowledge (jñeyāvaraa)” as presented in both East Asian Vijñānavāda and with Indo-Tibetan Mādhyamika. It is my final chapter on this topic and aims at answering the following questions: (a) Is jñeyāvaraa is afflicted or non-afflicted? (b) If it is afflicted, in what sense is it afflicted, and how is it related to misconception (avidyā) and non-afflicted not-knowing (akliṣṭa-ajñāna)? (c) How is the problem of the nature of jñeyāvaraṇa related to the distinctive missions of Hināyāna and Mahāyāna Buddhism?

  This study compares and contrasts the following two pairs of key concepts: first, avidyā and ajñāna and second, akliṣṭa-avidyā and akliṣṭa-ajñāna as presented in Sanskrit as well as Tibetan sources. The article is divided into two parts. Part One addresses the concept of akliṣṭa-ajñāna in the East Asian Vijñānavāda tradition. It discusses the problem of the nature of jñeyāvaraa by contrasting the concepts of avidyā and ajñāna found in Sectarian Buddhism, Early Yogācāra in India, and the East Asian Vijñānavāda as introduced by Xuanzang. This part includes five sections: (1) An introduction to my two-fold theory on jñeyāvaraṇa of East Asian Vijñānavāda. (2) Grammatical analysis of the terms avidyā and ajñāna. (3) A discussion of Sectarian Buddhism’s two-typed classification of ajñāna. (4) A discussion of avidyā and akliṣṭa-ajñāna according to Early Yogācāra śāstras. (5) An exploration of how, the problematic nature of jñeyāvaraa is addressed in the Chengweishi Lun and the *Buddhabhūmi-sūtra-śāstra by contrasting the concepts of avidyā and akliṣṭa-ajñāna.

Keywords:
 
jñeyāvaraṇa; avidyā; ajñāna; akliṣṭa-avidyā; akliṣṭa-ajñāna