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Bo
dong
'Jampa'i
dbyangs
Sho
re
ba's
Understanding
of
the
Proof
of
Momentariness:
His
Commentary
on
the
Pramduavinis'caya
CHoi
Kyeongii'n
By
whatpramdua
can one confirmthat
allproduced
things
are
impermanent?
Dharma-kirti
setfbrth
his
so-called "vindsitvkenumdna"(hereafter
VA)
and
ba{thakaprama"a
(here-afterBP)
argumentsin
orderto
answerthis
question.
While
in
the
Pramduavarttikasvavrtti
Dharmakirti
only employs "krtahatvdnumana"(hereafter
KA)
andVdL,
in
his
next work(PVin)
he
usesKA
andVA,
as well asBP
in
a completefbrm
fbr
the
first
time.
Earlier
studies,pointing
to
the
fact
that
onlyproofs
using sattvdnumana andBP
canbe
fbund
in
Dharmakirti's
later
works(such
asthe
VZidaaydya)
,present
the
substitutionofVA
withBP
as an
instance
ofdevelopment
in
his
thought.
However,
I
amhesitant
to
acceptthis
viewbecause
I
believe
VA
andBP
in
PVin
eachhave
their ownpurpose
and are not redundant.Tb
explorethis
idea,
in
this
paper,
I
wouldlike
to
examineBo
dong
'Jampa'i
dbyangs
Sho
reba's
(13
c.,hereafter
Sho
reba)
plausible
understanding ofthe
relationshipbetween
these
two
argumentsthat
is
fbund
in
his
PVin
commentary.(While
there
are studies onthe
relationshipbetween
VA
andBP
that
useIndian
commentaries,there
arefew
treatments
ofPVin
commentaries writtenby
scholars ofthe
bKa'
gdams
school.)Sho
reba
wrotqthis
commentary atBrag
ram mgonkhang,
a monasterythat
had
been
fbunded
by
Bo
dong
brTson
'grusrdo
lje
(b.
1200),
who mayhave
nicknamed 'Jamdbyangs
Sho
reba.
How-ever, according
to
the
Deb
ther
cimarpo(pp.
69-70),he
was connectedto
the
gSang
phu
sNe'uthog
monastery ofthebKa'
gdams
pa
school.I
will also showthat
Sho
reba
is
influ-encedby
Sa
skyapaitditaKun
dga'
rgyal mtshan(1192-1251,
hereafter
Sapai;)
who criti-cizedthe
riVgqg
lugs.
The
various understandings ofthe
relationshipbetween
VA
andBP
in
PVin
commentar-ies
fa11
into
the
following
three
patterns:
(1
)
V?eL
is
a supponinginference
for
concretelydemonstrating
BP.
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Dharmottara
(8
c.) i)and rGyat tshabDar
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(236)Bo
dong
'Jampa'idbyangs
Sho
reba's
Understanding
oftheProof
ofMomentariness(K.
CHoi)
(2)
BP
is
apart
ofexplanationfor
the verification ofVA.:
JffaiiaSribhadra,
rNgogBlo
ldan
shes rab,Phya
pa
Chos
kyi
senggc,
gTsang
nagpa
brTson
'grusseng
ge,
Chu
migpa
Seng
ge
dpal
(11-13
c.)(3)
VA
confirmsthe
positive
concomitance ofKA,
andBP
confirrnsthe
negative concomitance ofka
:
bCom
ldan
rigpa'i
ralgri,
Bu
stonRin
chengrub
(13-14
c.)On
the
otherhand,
Sho
reba
seesVA
asbeing
directed
towards
those
who agree withthe
notioll ofthe
impermanence
of allthat
exists andinsist
that
there
is
an
external causethat
leads
somethingto
become
extinct, andBP
asbeing
directed
towards
those
who rejectthe
notion
that
allthat
existsis
impermanent.
In
other words,he
regardsthem
as eachfunction-ing
to
persuade
adifferent
type
ofinter]ocutor.Below
I
willpresent
details
regardingSho
reba's
understanding, which comesfrom
Sa-pap,
and arguethat
it
couldbe
categorized as(2).
In
his
commentaryon
the
PVin,
Sho
re
ba
understandsthe
overall structure oftheproof
ofmomentariness asfbllows:
[A3]
Proving
thatthe
definition
is
confirmedin
terms of[a
svabhtn;ahetu] whichhas
been
fied
[into
twe
kinds
before
in
the
preyious
verse(no.
51)].
(69b6)
[A3B1]
Proving
that
aproduced
thing
or an existentthing
is
[a
kind
ofi svabhavahetu.(69b7)
[A3BICI]
Proving[that
aproduced
thing
or an existentthing
is
akind
vahetu] with
[an
inference
that
usesthe
idea
oflindependence
(nirapeksatva)
to
respond toan opponent who agrees with
the
extinction[ofthings].
(69b8)
[A3BlC2]
Showing
thatba`thaka[-prarndwa]
respondsto
an opponent whociaimsthat
[things]
do
notvanish.(71b2)
[A3B1C3]
The
mannerby
which aproduced
thing
or an existentthing
is
pervaded
by
roughimperrnanence
(rags
pa
'imi rtagpa).(72bl)
[A3BIC4]
Proving
[that
aproduced
thing
or an existentthing
is
akind
vahetu]
by
means ofanother method.(73a3)
[A3B2]
Apply
[this
aboveinference]
to
anotherkind
[ofsvabha-vahetu].
(74a9)
Sho
reba
seemsto
be
sayingthat
from
[A3BICI]
to
[A3BIC4]
Dharmakirti
examinesthat
whichis
produced
1
that
which exists as an example ofa svabhth,ahetu, andin
[A3B2]
arguesthat
the
above verification of alogical
reason as a svabhdvahetu couldbe
appliedto
other
kinds
ofsvabhnvahetu.Here,
Sho
reba's
understanding ofthe
relationshipbetween
VA
andBP
can easilybe
seenby
his
statementthat
[A3B1C1]
is
arguedby
Dharrnakirti
in
PVin
76,l1-78,15
and[A3BIC2]
in
PVin
79,1-80,9.
Sho
reba
statesin
the
former
that
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dong
'Jampa'i
dbyangs
Sho
reba's
Understanding
ofthe
ProofefMomentariness
(K,
CHoi)(237)
VIAL
is
addressedto
an opponent who agrees withthe
impermanence
of allthat
exists, andin
the
latter
that
BP
is
addressedto
someone whoinsists
onthe
existence ofapermanent
thing.
Furthermore,
befbre
he
begins
to
his
discussion
of[A3BIC2],
Sho
reba
rejectstwo
other opinions on
the
relationshipbetween
VA
andBP,
andpresents
another onthe
same subjectthat
camefrom
Saparp.
They
are asfo11ows
(C
£dyi
ma'i sayingpo:71b2-4)
:(a)
Dharmottara
arguedthat
VA
purifies
the
inferential
process
ofBP
andthat
neither ofthem
are superfluous.(b)
BP
is
anotherkind
ofinference
for
proving
that
aproduced
thing
or an existentthing
necessarily extinguishes.
Thus
BP
is
not superfluous.(c)
According
to ttchosny'e
pa"
(Sapap)
,MA
andBP
are aimed attwo
opponents withdif
ferent
fa11acious
understandings about athing
extinguishing.(a)
appearsto
correspond
withthe
aboyepattern
(1).
Sho
re
ba
states
that
(a)
is
incor-rect
because
lvCl!L
andBP
eachhave
different
objects of activityO'ug
yul)
:VA's
objectto
be
proven
(sndhya)
is
that
aproduced
thing
is
accompaniedby
the
extinction of somethingby
itselg
andthat
ofBP
is
that
apermanent
thing
lacks
causal efficacy(arthakrlya).
On
the
otherhand,
(b)
appearsto
correspondto
pattern
(3).
Sho
reba
criticized(b)
by
say-ing
that
if
it
weretrue,
it
wouldhave
been
wellknown
to scholars throughouthistory.
(In-cidentally,in
the
later
works ofdGe
lugs
school,it
became
quite
common.)In
the
end,Sho
reba
embraces(c),
which comesfrom
Saparp.
While
Sho
reba
does
not mentionthe
titleof
Saparp's
text,
Rigs
gter
rang 'grel,there
arequite
similar statementsin
it
(pp.
148,15-14g,1).2)
Sho
reba
criticizes(1)
and(3),
but
does
notdiscuss
pattern
(2),
that
BP
is
apart
of an explanationin
whichVA's
function
is
validated.Nevertheless,
I
wouldlike
to
point
out cautiouslythat
(c)
(also
advocatedby
SapaiL)
and(2)
(advocated
by
several scholars ofthe
bKa'
gdams
pa
school) are nottotally
incompatible
with each other.For
example, rNgogargues
that
whenthere
is
aBuddhist
opponent,XLA
confirmsthe
pervasion
ofKA,
and whenthe
opponentis
a non-Buddhist, ivQXcannotprove
momentarinessby
fbrce
ofthe
in-nate nature ofextinction unlessthe
epponent acceptsimpermanence
first
(cZKa
'gnas rnambshad)
84b4-6).
In
such a case,the
Buddhist
must,by
means ofBP,
make the opponentrealize
that
there
is
nothingpermanent,
andBP
wouldbe
apart
of explanationin
whichVA's
fUnction
is
validated.Therefbre,
Sho
reba's
contentionthat
VA
andBP
have
eachdifferent
objectsto
prove
and eachdifferent
opponentsto
defeat
is
similarto
pattem
(2)
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dong
'Jampa'idbyangs
Sho
Teba"s
Understanding
oftheProofofMomentariness
(K.
CHoi)
1
)
For
moreinfbrriiation
aboutDharTnottara's
understanding, sccSakai
Masamichi,
"Dharmottara'sInterpretation
ofthe
Causelessness
ofDestruction,"
indogakor
Bukkyo-gakor
kendyti
fPRil}l{L,if{l}E
fiif
n
58,
no.3
(2010),
pp.
1241-1245.
2
)
Nemoto
Hiroshi
introduced
Sapan's
thought using the same statementsin
Rigr
gter
rang 'grel.See
Nemeto
Hiroshi
sc7ts
as
va,
Geruku-ha
ni okeruJ'ikan-ron nokenlp?a
{>'JV7
ifik
a:
S5
CJ
6
ve
ue
th
OfiJf
Yli
(Kyoto:
Heirakoji
Shoten,
2011),
p.
121.
PVin
bKki
'gnasrnam
bshad
?Yi,i
ma 'isayingpo
Rigs
gter
rang 'grel<Key
words>Dharrnakirti,
Pramauavinis'caya.
Ernst
Steinkeltner
ed.Dharmakirti
's Pra-mduavinis'caya(Chapters
1
and2)
.
Sanskrit
Texts
from
theTibetan
Autono-mousRegion,
no.2.
Beijing:
China
Tibetolegy
Publishing
House;
Vienna:
Austrian
Academy
ofSciences
Press,
2007.
rNgog
Ble
ldan
shes rab,khad
ma rnam ngestvi
dka'gnas
rnambshad;
bKa'gclams
pa
'igsung
'bum,vol.
1,
pp.
419-707.
Bo
dong
'Jampa'i
dbyangs
Sho
reba,
7)had
ma rnampar
ngespa
7
'gretbshad
tshig
don
rnampar
ngespa
ayi
ma 'isaying