身延文庫藏 無量壽經述記와 義寂의 사상 경향

Abstract

The Muryangsugyeong-sulgi (Commentary on the Sukhāvatī-vyūha), a work of Shilla Uijeok, was found at the Minobu Libray in 2009. Preserved is only the book I and it consists of explanations on these things; 1)the course of Buddha’s attaining the Buddhahood - leaving home, attaining the Enlightenment, preaching the way and lastly getting the nirvana, 2)the merits of Buddha who got the nirvana, 3)Ananda’s questions and Buddha’s answers to them. There are some characteristics of this work not known before. First, though Uijeok has been regarded as the follower of Huiyaun’s thoughts on Pure Land, there are some phrases which dissent from Huiyaun’s explanations. Second, there are very few citations from the earlier scholars, most of the explanations are on the ground of the phrases of the Huayan sutra, the Yogacārābhūmi, and the Dazhidulun. Third, different from Uijeok’s other works, the Huayan sutra is most frequently cited. Fourth, Uijeok’s own opinions are rarely pronounced. Fifth, Maitreya is frequently addressed. The Huayan sutra is cited six times in the work; for the explanations on the penances of Bodhisatva, the right rotation of Dharma-cakra, the meaning of Nirvana, the notion of the storehouse of Buddha-Dharma, and the merits of Samantabhadra. It is said that considering the not a few citations from the Huayan sutra and the tendency to understand the first part of the Sukhāvatī-vyūha using the number of 10, Uijeok must have been the disciple of Uisang and followed the Huyan school. It can be admitted that Uijeok had deep knowledge of the Huayan sutra, but it is hard to tell he belongs to Huayan school. There are no phrases which hints any connection with Uisnag’s Huayan theory. There are as many citations from the Yogacārābhūmi as the Huayan sutra. Guiji, the disciple of Xuanzang, frequently cited the Huayan sutra and the Shilla Yogacara monks had much interests on several Mahayana sutras. Uijeok’s citation of the Huayan sutra consists with such tendencies of the Yogacara monks at the time. So it is much more reasonable to regard Uijeok as a Yogacara monk who debated with Uisang, through which he deepened his understanding on the sutra.