범망경 「상권」과 「하권」의 관계에 대한 소고 - 심지(心地) 수행과 계율(戒律) 실천의 병행(竝行) -

Abstract

There is no disagreement among scholars on the fact that Brahmajāla-Sutta(『梵網經 ; Fan wang jing』), consisted of two volumes, was made in China. If this book was created by someone at least, there would be author's intent. What is the intention of writing the book? In other words, what are the main thoughts in these volumes? Succeeding the previous research results, I summarize Brahmajāla-Sutta into 7 main ideas. In my opinion, there might be a special intention to produce the Brahmajāla-Sutta. What is its intent? To find the answer to this question, I focus on the relationship between the first and second volumes. The first volume does not give a talk on the precepts, but makes a confession of Buddha's self-discipline and explains the 40 steps to become Buddha. The second volume explains about 10 grave charges and 48 minor offenses. I notice that it is in front of the second volume that there is an important story, which connects the first and second volumes. It is the story that　Buddha has repeated ‘guang ming jin gang bao jie(光明金剛寶戒)’ from memory whenever he starts to discipline his mind, and the commandments of 10 grave charges and 48 minor offenses have come into being from that. I focus on the story and conclude the following: There has been a close relationship between mind practice and practical commandments, and someone, who had the theory of dharmatā, compiled the Brahmajāla-Sutta in order to argue widely about the relationship. The editors provided theoretical foundations of practical commandments by connecting the Buddhist commandments with the existing traditional Mahayana precepts, under the provision of dharmatā thought, according to Hua yan jing(『華嚴經』) and Da cheng qi xin lun(『大乘起信論』). Therefore, mind practice has become a foundation for the commandments.