The True Meaning of Dharma-Realm

Philosophy and Culture 34 (8):35-47 (2007)
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Mahayana classic "Sutra" in Chinese means the formation of a strong Hua-yen philosophy, including Dharma three views, Kegon six-phase, ten eternal combat, Kegon Samadhi view of the complex mysteries of the law, which is the Chinese people's achievements, but also China characteristics of Mahayana Buddhism. In 418 AD, Jin translated sixty volumes "Sutra" to the seventh century, by the emperor mind Dusun Zen Master Venerable Dharma three developed the concept for "Dharma," the concept of gradual deepening of the theory put forward the concept of management and events, He only reasoning as things things such as science, reason over at all, something over to reason, does not say "truth Dharma", "do Dharma", "director affect Dharma", "Shishiwuai Dharma" cutting the concept. Followed for four generations has been gradually shaping Dharma said, stay away from the original text in all the simple concept of a single whole. "Dharma" concept is rigid metaphysical reason to do physical things with Dharma Dharma Realm, and even re-shaping the world beyond the "Dharma affect members' unpredictable and mysterious" Shishiwuai Dharma ", and so is no longer re- India had been ungrateful. This paper aims to explore the heart of Venerable Tai Hua-yen ancestor method to three ancestral possession, four ancestral cool Chengguan the trajectory between the interpretation of the teachings, and tried from sixty volumes of the "Sutra" "into the Dharma goods" scripture to find " Dharma Realm, "the original meaning of the word, in order to clarify the philosophical significance of Chinese monks derived differences in line with the original texts. The India "Hua-Yen Sutra" is the foundation of the Chinese Hua-Yen sect. It was very prosperous much in China since the 7th Century. This sutra is grand and huge. The various Chinese translations of it covers only one third to one half of it. Based on the translations, the Chinese patriarchs constructed the school of Hua-Yen. They interpreted the Dharma-Realm, explained how each level of the real influences each other and the relation among them. They found out that every thing is combined with phenomenon and noumonon, and sometimes these conditions help each other, but sometimes they disturb and destroy each other. Thus the Hua-Yen philosophy was established in Tang Dynasty. But semantically, the term Dharma-Realm has different meanings in Indian and Chinese versions. In the Indian sutra Dharma-Realm means the pure area, or the spiritual area, it abounds with spirituality, without limit or any boundary. Chinese scholars developed Dharma-Realm into four areas / levels: Phenomenon Dharma-Realm. Noumenon Dharma- Realm. Noumenon-phenomenon no obstacle Dharma-Realm. Phenomenon-phenomenon no obstacle Dharma-Realm. Even if this philosophical system is meaningful, it does separate the wholeness of Dharma-Realm into four areas / levels. Nowadays people have misinterpreted it as four higher lower levels

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