慧能禅学思想初探

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1、华中科技大学硕士学位论文摘要本文以《六祖坛经》为主要文本，在努力吸取前辈时贤已有研究成果的基础上，从历史考据、禅学义理和禅法实践等三个方面对慧能禅学思想加以论述。通过对慧能生平、《坛经》和有关禅籍的考证和论述，以探索较为真实的慧能行状。另外，根据对慧能嗣法偈的相关分析，阐述慧能得法之时的佛学思想以及北宗神秀的禅法特点。慧能以“自性”为核心范畴展开的心性论，融摄了般若学、佛性论和传统儒道心性论，强调佛性与自性不二，真心与妄心不二，慧能“直指心源，见性成佛”之旨的深层内涵是以自心解脱为根本的。另外，慧能对“禅定”意义的创造性转换是建立在“定慧等学”、

2、体用一如的思想基础上的。慧能顿教法门以“无念、无相、无住”为禅修原则和实践方法，简截明快，不假文字，在此基础上便形成了南宗禅“不离世间、自性自度”的义理核心和保任工夫，并最终以明心见性、顿悟成佛为慧能禅学思想的理论归结。关键词：自性、本心、定慧、无相、禅悟I华中科技大学硕士学位论文AbstractThisthesisisdividedintothefollowingthreeparts.ItmakesanattempttoanalyzethetheoreticalideasandthepracticalproceedingsofZenPhilos

3、ophyentitledbyHuineng(A.D.638~713)astheoutstandingrepresentativeofChineseBuddhismfromtheimplicitroutineofthehistoricaltextualcriticismonthebasisofthecomprehensiveresultsoftheacademicresearchesontheoriginaltextof“ThePlatformSutraoftheSixthPatriarch”.Thefirstchapterleadsabriefd

4、iscussiononthelifetimeofHuinengfromthehistoricalreferenceofZenwiththecomparisonofthemaincontentsindifferentversionsof“ThePlatformSutraoftheSixthPatriarch”.Inaddition,bothHuinengandShenxiuarethedisciplesorpioneersoftheCouplePeaksMountainSectofZenentitledbyHongrenwhosemeditativ

5、epracticalcultivationresultsinZen'sdistinctstyleof“theenlightenmentofessence”inthesouthandnorthofChina.Thesecondchapterexplorestheorientationofthebasictheoryoftheparticularideaof“theNon-DualismoftheUltimateReality”.Themostdistinguishingfeatureofthedefinitivenature“svabhava”co

6、mbinesthesupremewisdom“prajña”withthepresenceoftheBuddha-natureadvocatedbyNirvânaSchoolaccompaniedbythecorevaluesofConfucianismandNewTaoism.Furthermore,theemphasisontheequivalenceof“theReturnofCalm&Wisdom”interpretsthesignificanceof“theMeditativeIntrospection”inaccordancewith

7、theholisticperspectiveincognitionoftheultimatetruth.ThethirdchapterexpressesthetraitsofthespiritualcultivationentitledbyHuinengwhichpermeateinthereligiouspracticethroughtheideasofthesimplicityasalackorabsenceofexternalconstraintwithoutintentionbyawakeningtothefundamentalreali

8、tyinthedailyhuman“life-world”.AccordingtotheexpositionoftheBuddhistt