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A Reconstruction  of the Doctrines of Hui-yuan's "Treatisc on
the Dharma-Nature" (Fa-hsing lun)

by Lai P'eng-chu

    Of the works  of the  "six  schools", the  foundation  of
indigenous  Chinese Buddhist  exegesis, the "Treatise  on the
Dharma-Nature"  is  the  only  one  to  have  been  personall
addressed  by Kumarajiva.  This article focuses  on doctrinal
issues in an attempt to reconstruct  the general tenor of the
treatise.  As a part of this project, the author analyzes the
ways  in  which   the  closely   related   concepts   of  the
"invariability  of the Dharma-Nature"  (fa-hsing pu pien) and
the "perfection with the appropriate" (chin tang yu chi) were
at once maintained  and altered  by the great  Central  Asian
exponent of prajna, Kumarajiva.  The author also examines the
relationship between this treatise and Tao-sheng's discussion
of Nirvana and "permanent abiding" (ch'ang-chu) in an attempt
to further  our understanding  of this central  thread in the
development of the Chinese Buddhist exegetical tradition.

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