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|ArticleSummary=''The Issue'': In the ''Awakening of Faith in Mahāyāna'' (''Ta-ch'eng ch'i-hsin lun,<sup>b</sup> henceforth abbreviated as AFM), is found a unique explanation of the origin of ''avidyā'', ignorance:<br>
:''Hu-jan nien-ch'i, ming wei wu-ming<sup>c</sup><br>
Suddenly a thought rose; this is called ignorance<br>
This idea has baffled many modern scholars as it has traditionally
charmed many a Far Eastern Buddhist. What is meant by "suddenly"?
What constitutes "thought"? The most recent translator of the AFM,
Yoshito Hakeda, has appended this remark to the passage:
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There has been much discussion on the meaning of hu-jan in
connection with the origin of ignorance, mainly on the basis of
interpretations proposed by Fa-tsang, d (l) that ignorance alone
becomes the source of defiled states of being. It is the subtlest; no
other state of being can be the origin of this. It is therefore said in
the text that ignorance emerges suddenly. (2) Commenting on a
quotation from a sutra, he says "suddenly" means "beginninglessly,"
since the passage quoted makes clear that there is no other
state of being prior to the state of ignorance. (3) The word
"suddenly" is not used from the stand point of time, but is used to
account for the emergence of ignorance without any instance of
inception .
. . . A monk of Minge China, glosses "suddenly" as pu-chueh, f
which may mean "unconsciously" or "without being aware of the
reason."
... If hu-jan is a translation of a Sanskrit word, the original word
asasrruit may be posited. Akasmiit means "without reason" or
"accidentally." I
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Hu-Jan Nien-Ch'i (Suddenly a Thought Rose): Chinese Understanding of Mind and Consciousness
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