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The
Development
of
the
Five-Gotra
Theory
in
the
Yogacara
School:
In
Accordance
withthe
Satra
Commentaries
OKADA
Eisaku
1,
Introduction
By employing the term
gotm,
the Yogacara schooldiscusses
the topics such as thepossibilityof reaching
parinirva-n.
a and thetypes
of enlightenment(bodhi).
The Faxiangzong,
founded
by
xuanzangitlee,
enumeratedfive
gotms, that is,s'rctvaka-gotm,pratyekabuddha-gotra,
bodhisattva-gotra
(og
according tothe fogacarabhami,bodhisattva-gotruisalso called tatha-gata-gotra,
buddha-gotra,
mahdyana-gotra), antyata-gotra, anda-gotra,and established the so-called wuxing gebie
lfi1taGBU
theory Sakuma[2o07]
has
investigatedthe origins of the wuxing
gebie
theoryin
Indian Buddhist texts.Hisinvestigationrevealed that the
five-gotra
theory isfound
inthesatraiamkara-vrttibhasyaattributed toSthiramati,and
based
on thisfinding
he
argued thattheYogacara schooldid
notparticularly
pay
attention to this theory. However, exceptfbr
somecommentaries on the Mahltyanastitrtilarpkara,
he
did
not investigatethose IndianBuddhist
textswhich exist onlyin
Tibetantranslation.This
paper
fbcuses
on the SUtracommentaries of the Yogacara school which existonly in Tibetan translationnamely; Asafiga'sBuddhanusmrti-vrtti,
Vasubandhu's
Buddhanusmrti-tikd,
and especially theAryaksayamatinirdes'a-tika
attributed to someyogacara master who
lived
after Sthiramati.By examining thefive-gotm
theorydescribed
in
thesecommentaries, Iargue that the Yogacara schooldid
pay
attention tothe
five-gotra
theoryanddeveloped
it.2.
The
Buddha-nusmni-vrtti
andthe
Buddhanusmrti-tika
--
--Before examinationing the
development
ofthefive-gotra
theoryin
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Development ofthe Five-GotTuTheory intheYogficara School(OKADA)
inthissection I
briefly
explainhow
thistheorywas established.i) TheBuddhanusmrti-vrttiofAsahga and the Buddhanusmrti-tptcaof Vasubandhu are
particularly
impertantinthiscontext,
Concerning the object of Buddhist training
(vincya),2)
the Buddhanusm.rti-vrtticomments thata
person
whodoes
notpossess
any qualification(skal
ba
dari
mildan
pa,
'abhavya) is
a
person
who possessesthe indeterminategotra
(rigs
ma nges pa,'antyata-gotra),
and aperson
who possessesa qualification(skal
ba
dari
tdan
pa,'bhavya) isaperson who possessesone ofthe gotraswithin the three vehicles. Hiscommentary also
mentions Buddhist training
fbr
aperson
who possessesthe indeterminategotra.3)
Therefbre,Asafigamaintains
four
typesofgotra,
andhe
does
notdiscuss
aperson
whodoes
not possessanygotra.
Incontrast, theBuddhanusmrti-ttkacomments thataperson
who
does
notpossess
anyqualification
isaperson
whodoes
notpossess
anygotm
(rigs
med
pa,
*a-gotru). The rest ofhis
commententary is almost the same as theBuddhanusm.rti-vrtti.4)
Therefore,Vasubandhu maintainsfive
typesofgotras.Accordingto
both
commentaries, we can tracetheorigin of thefive-gotra
theory inthe context of the object ofBuddhist training
in
theBaddhanusrnrti-tikaof Vasubandhu,which
he
developed
based
on Asahga.3.
The
Arya-ks.
ayamatinirdes'a-pTkii
The
Arya'-ks.
ayamatinirdes'a-ttkais
writtenfrom
theviewpoint of theYogacaraschool andit
cites many textsof thisschool.As
Braarvig
[1993:
II,lcxvii-cxxx]
has
pointed
out,this
commentaryquotes
not onlyfrom
vasubandhu's worksbut
alsofrom
Sthiramati'sworks. ConsequentlM thistext
is
attributed to some Yogacara master after sthiramati.Inthiscommentary the
description
ofthefive-gotra
theory isasfo11ows:
ANT
(Tib.)
D 111a2-5, P 135bl-6:fiespa
dafi
ma fiespaiesbya
ba
la
sogspa
la
rigsrnarn c,,,,b,}palhaste1
fianthoskyi
rigs candafi
li)
rafi safis rgyas kyirigs candah
1
thegpachen po'i rigs can dah1
rigs ma hespadaii1
rigsmedpa'o/1
delarigs med pa'igafi(Dm,3) zag {pi3sb3)rnams ni fiespaste
/
dedagtuthams cadduiO
'khorbar
gnaspargdonmi za
ba'i
phyirro11
thegpagsumdu
fiespa'irigs can ni ma fiespaste1
dge
ba'i
bSes
gfiengyirkyen gyismya (p i,,be) hanlas
'das paryafi'gyur basna khamsgsumdu
gnasparfieSPa(D i".4) med pa'iphyirro
1/
yafina rigscan rnam pagsum nifiespaste
1
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pargdon mi za
ba'i
phyirro/1
ma fiespa'irigscan ni ma fiespaste1
dge
ba'i
bSes
gfiengyirkyen gyistheg pagar
btsud
par'jugciti
!
dge
o ,,,,,)ba'i
bges
gfien(, ,,,b,)dafi
ma phradna1
mya fian
las
'das par'gyurbar
chadili)pamed pa'iphyirro11
[)om. P,Mom. P,tti}tshadP
Regardingthose who are isdetermined,those who are not determined
('ntyatantyata),
andso on, thegotruisof fivekinds,
[namely]
a personwho possessesthegotTuof theSrctvaka,thegotraof thepratyekabuddha,thegotraof the mahdyana, theindeterminategotru,and a person
who doesnot possessany gotru,
Inthese
[five
gotras],personswhodo
not possessany gotraare determined.Thisisbecause,in all cases, they aredetermined
to stay insaiTisara. A person who possesses[one
ofl thedeterminategotraswithin the three vehicles isundeterrnined. Thisisbecausehewill also reach
nirva-n,a by virtue of a good friend,thereforehe isundetermined whether he stays inthree
realm$ or not.
Moreoveg a person who possesses
[one
ofl threekindsof gotrasisdetermined,Thisisbecauseheisdeterminedtoattain a particularresult basedon each vehicle. A personwho possessesthe
indeterminategotrctisundetermined. This is
because
even though he isledto one of thevehicles
by
virtue ofa goodfriend
and isinitiatedintothevehicle, ifhe
does
not meet a goodfriend,
thereisnodestruction
at reaching nirvapa.Thus, the
Aiyaksayamatinirdes'a-ti-ka
comments that thegotra
is
offive
kinds.
Regardingthetopic
(fies
padafi
ma nespa,'ntyatantyata), thiscommentaryfirst
refers toa
person
whodoes
not possessany gotraand a person who possessesone of thegotrc{s
within thethreevehicles. Then thecommentator mentions aperson
whopossesses
one of thegotras
within thethreevehicles and aperson
whopossesses
the indeterminategotra,
Thediffbrence
intheseperspectives
iswhat ismeantby
'`deterrninate"(fies
pa,
*ntyata),which isthe topic of this comrnentry. Futhermore, since this commentary rnentions
five
gotms
inanotherplace,5)
itcanbe
said that thiscommentary maintainsfive
types ofgotras. This suggests thatthefive-gotru
theoryin
theYogacara school wasdeveloped
even after Vasubandhu and Sthiramati.4.
Conclusion
The
five-gotra
theory isestablished inthelineage
from
AsathgatoVasubandhu, and asthe
previous
studyhas
pointed
out, thistheory isfbund
in the work attributed toSthiramati.Through the examination of the
description
of thefive-gotra
theory intheSatracommentaries, thispaper clarifies
that
thedescription
of thefive-gotra
theoryis
also
fbund
inthe
Aryaksayamatinirdes'a-tika,
and thatthistheorywasdeveloped
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Yog 互cdra school after Vasubandhu and Sthiramati,
Notes1
)Detailed contents concerning the establishment of the five−
gotra
theory in Yogac 巨ra school are expected to be published this year(2016)in the MikkyObunka
密 教 文 化 [Journal
of esotericBuddhism ]2350r 236.
2)see okada [2013J [2014]長)r the relationship between the ohject of Buddhjst training and the
concept ofgotra ,
3)BuAV (Tib.)D14a5 −b1,P17a3 −7、(
lpn
. trans.)Nal(amikado [2010:77].4)BuAT (Tib.)D58a1 −3, P 72a8−
b4
,0Pn
. trans.)Nakamikado [2008:124].5)ANT (Tib.)D145a5 −6, P 177b4−5.
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ANT BuAT BuAV Tib.
A
ワδk5ayamatinirdes
’a−rr娠.(TibJ D (no .3994 )cna1 −269a7, P [voL lo4](no .5495)ci la1−
343a7.
BuddhCtnusrnrti一重ika of Vasubandhu .(Tib.)D (no .3987)ngi 55b3 −63b5、 P [vol.104](no ,5487)
ngi 69a6−79b8.
Bαdd}艮δηusmr 亡’−vrtti of Asathga,(Tib.)D (no .3982)ngi l lb5−15a6, P [voL lo4ユ(no .5482)ngi
14al−18bl.
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