Wonhyo's Philosophy of Mind

Wonhyo's Philosophy of Mind

In: Collected Works of Wonhyo

Edited by: A. Charles Muller and Cuong T. Nguyen

University of Hawaii Press | 2011

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780824860363

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Leading East Asian Buddhist thinkers of the seventh century compared, analyzed, and finalized seminal epistemological and soteriological issues that had been under discussion in India and East Asia for centuries. Among the many doctrinal issues that came to the fore was the relationship between the Tathagatagarbha (or “Buddha-nature”) understanding of the human psyche and the view of basic karmic indeterminacy articulated by the new stream of Indian Yogacara introduced through the translations and writings of Xuanzang and his disciples. The great Silla scholiast Wonhyo (617–686), although geographically located on the periphery in the Korean peninsula, was very much at the center of the intense discussion and debate that occurred on these topics. Through the force of his writings, he became one of the most influential figures in resolving doctrinal discrepancies for East Asian Buddhism.

Although many of Wonhyo’s writings are lost, through his extant work we are able to get a solid glimpse of his profound and learned insights on the nature and function of the human mind. We can also clearly see his hermeneutical approaches and methods of argumentation, which are derived from apophatic Madhyamika analysis, the newly introduced Buddhist logic, as well as various indigenous East Asian approaches. This volume includes four of Wonhyo’s works that are especially revelatory of his treatment of the complex flow of ideas in his generation: System of the Two Hindrances (Yijang ui), Treatise on the Ten Ways of Resolving Controversies (Simmun hwajaeng non), Commentary on the Discrimination between the Middle and the Extremes (Chungbyon punbyollon so), and the Critical Discussion on Inference (P’an piryang non).

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MullerA. Charles:

A. Charles Muller is professor in the Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology at the University of Tokyo. His main work lies in the fields of Korean Buddhism, East Asian Yogācāra, East Asian classical lexicography, and online scholarly resource development.

Frontmatter Free access PDF PDF	i
Contents Free access PDF PDF	v
Acknowledgments Free access PDF PDF	vii
Abbreviations Free access PDF PDF	ix
General Introduction Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	1
I. The System of the Two Hindrances (Yijang ŭi) A. Charles Muller Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	45
II. Treatise on the Ten Ways of Resolving Controversies (Simmun hwajaeng non) Cuong T. Nguyen Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	161
III. Commentary on the Discrimination between the Middle and the Extremes (Chungbyŏn punbyŏllon so): Fascicle Three Cuong T. Nguyen Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	177
IV. Critical Discussion on Inference (P’an piryang non) Dan Lusthaus Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	263
Notes Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	299
Glossary Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	379
Bibliography Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	387
Index Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	395
Wônhyo’s Philosophy of Mind A. Charles Muller and Cuong T. Nguyen Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	405

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