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Atsushi IBUKI

Atsushi IBUKI

 I have often argued that most of the common knowledge about the history of Chan/ Zen school in later years was created by Heze Shenhui (684 -758) and his followers. And now, this paper examines the history of the inscriptions of 'Six... more
 I have often argued that most of the common knowledge about the history of Chan/ Zen school in later years was created by Heze Shenhui (684 -758) and his followers.  And now, this paper examines the history of the inscriptions of 'Six partriarchs in China,' which were given an important meaning in the early Chan school, and clarifies that these were also made by the people of the Heze School.
Though the Treatise on the Two Entrances and Four Practices has been handed down as the record of Bodhidharma's teaching, the reliability of this tradition has not been adequately verified. Surely scholars such as YANAGIDA Seizan and... more
Though the Treatise on the Two Entrances and Four Practices has been handed down as the record of Bodhidharma's teaching, the reliability of this tradition has not been adequately verified. Surely scholars such as YANAGIDA Seizan and ISHII Kosei have contributed toward the analysis of the sutras on which it was based, and also have pointed out the influence of Chinese classics on it. But the origin of the structure of ‘The Two Entrances and Four Practices’ has not been explained. In my opinion, it should be regarded as the highly original evolution of the method of interpreting the Dharma which had widely prevailed in the South-North Dynasty, especially among Dilun scholars. Therefore, there is no reason to consider that the Treatise on the Two Entrances and Four Practices originates from the teaching of an Indian monk Bodhidharma.
In recent years I have published several articles on the relationship between the early Chan School and the precepts, both the so-called Hīnayāna precepts of the traditional vinaya, as well as the ...

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