……번뇌를 끊음이라는 번뇌를 끊음 없다는…… ‒ 의상화엄의 단혹설 ‒

Abstract

It seems to be contradictory between the Buddhist theory on severing of delusion and the Ŭisang’s Hwaeom doctrine on achieving Buddhahood from time long past(舊來成佛), which means that all dharmas in the dharmadhatu are buddhas as they are. By his unique theory of severing of delusion from time long past(舊來斷), Ŭisang manages to reconcile this conflict and uphold the buddhist traditional theory on severing of delusion in his own way. His theory on delusion, however, also includes inconsistent elements in itself, such as ‘severing of delusion’ or ‘no delusion by nature.’ Former researches on this are basically same from the perspective that they take one position by rejecting the other one whatever they accept, which seems to be contradictory to Ŭisang’s intention when considering his theory on ‘non-abiding’(無住) and the Seal-diagram symbolizing the dharma realm (『一乘法界圖』) because they consider his theory on delusion as something with fixed nature. This article explains that Ŭisang’s intention on severing of delusion maybe reside in the characterstic of the whole(總相) perfectly interfusing these inconsistent-looking elements(別相). Severing of delusion cannot be defined as something with fixed nature whatever it is but has meaning only when it is located in the limitless chain of dependent arising and recognized as a dharma including all dharmas of the dharmadhatu happened in the ocean seal samādhi(海印三昧) at a time. In this article, this explanation is illustrated by the Seal-diagram symbolizing delusion of the One vehicle(一乘煩惱圖) imitating Ŭisang’s the Seal-diagram symbolizing the dharma realm of the One vehicle(『一乘法界圖』).