A Study of Master Yinshun’s Hermeneutics: An Interpretation of the Tathāgatagarbha Doctrine

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*{{i|Abstract|11}}
*{{i|Introduction|13}}

*{{i|Chapter 1. The Controversy: The Relationship between the Doctrine of<br>Emptiness and the ''Tathāgatagarbha''|25}}

*{{i|Chapter 2. Yinshun's Interpretation of the "Original Purity of the Mind" and Its<br>Role in the Development of the ''Tathāgatagarbha'' Doctrine|43}}
**{{i|2.1. "Original Purity of the Mind" in pre-Mahāyāna Buddhism|45}}
***{{i|2.1.1. The "Original Purity of the Mind" and the Cultivation of ''Samādhi''|46}}
***{{i|2.1.2. Canonical Sources for the "Original Purity of the Mind"<br>Doctrine|49}}
***{{i|2.1.3. Yinshun's Interpretation of the "Original Purity of the Mind”: The Sarvāstivādin Position|52}}
***{{i|2.1.4. The Role of Metaphors in the Explication of the "Original Purity<br>of the Mind"|57}}
***{{i|2.1.5. Unity of the Mind|60}}
**{{i|2.2. "Original Purity of the Mind" in Early Mahāyāna|64}}
***{{i|2.2.1. No-Mind and the "Original Purity of the Mind"|65}}
***{{i|2.2.2. The Bodhisattva Mind|69}}
***{{i|2.2.3. Bodhicitta,  Luminous Purity, and Emptiness|72}}

*{{i|Chapter 3. Yinshun's Analysis of the ''Tathāgatagarbha'''s Relationship to the ''Perfection<br>of Wisdom Sūtras'', The ''Huayan Sūtra'', and the ''Tathāgatagarbha Sūtra''|79}}
**{{i|3.1. The "Equality of all Dharmas" and the "Non-Obstruction of<br>Phenomena"|81}}
***{{i|3.1.1. The ''Prajñāpāramitā'' Literature|81}}
***{{i|3.1.2. ''Huayan Sūtra''|84}}
**{{i|3.2. The Implied Meanings of the ''Tathāgatagarbha'' Theory Found in the<br>''Huayan Sūtra''|86}}
***{{i|3.2.1. Tathāgata's Nature Origination Chapter|86}}
***{{i|3.2.2. The Ten Stages Chapter|90}}
***{{i|3.2.3. The Vairocana Chapter|93}}
**{{i|3.3. Mind, Bodhicitta, Bodhi, and Sentient Beings|98}}
***{{i|3.3.1. ''Bodhicitta'' and ''Bodhi''|99}}
***{{i|3.3.2. ''Bodhicitta'', ''Bodhi'', and the Doctrine of Emptiness|103}}
***{{i|3.3.3. ''Bodhicitta'', ''Bodhi'', and the Jewel Metaphor|107}}
**{{i|3.4. The ''Tathāgatagarbha Sūtra''|110}}

*{{i|Chapter 4. The Tathāgatagarbha as the womb of the Tathāgata: Yinshun's<br>Explanation|118}}
**{{i|4.1. Tathāgata and ''Tathāgatagarbha'' (''Rulai yu rulaizang'')|123}}
**{{i|4.2. The Selfhood of ''Tathāgatagarbha'' (''Rulaizangwo'')|131}}
**{{i|4.3. ''Tathāgatagarbha'' is not empty (''Rulaizangbukong'')|142}}

*{{i|Chapter 5. Yinshun's Interpretation of the ''Jewel Nature Treatise'''s Treatment of<br>the Tathāgatagarbha|148}}
**{{i|5.1. The ''Ratnagotravibhāga'' as the Chief ''Tathāgatagarbha'' Treatise|150}}
***{{i|5.1.1. The ''Jewel Nature Treatise'' (''Jiujing yisheng baoxinglun'')|150}}
***{{i|5.1.2. The ''Wushangyijing''|154}}
***{{i|5.1.3. The ''Dasheng fajie wuchabie lun''|155}}
**{{i|5.2. The Texts and Treatises on which the ''Ratnagotravibhāga'' are Based|157}}
**{{i|5.3 An Analysis of the Meaning of the ''Ratnagotravibhāga''|160}}
***{{i|5.3.1 The ''Tathāgatagarbha''|160}}
****{{i|5.3.1.1. The Pervasive Dharmakāya|160}}
****{{i|5.3.1.2. Suchness without Distinction|161}}
****{{i|5.3.1.3. The Buddha's Seed Nature|162}}
***{{i|5.3.2. The Originally Pure Mind|163}}
***{{i|5.3.3. Non-Emptiness and the Seed Nature|168}}
***{{i|5.3.4. "Transforming the Base" (Skt. ''Āśrayaparavṛtti'': Chn. ''Zhuanyi'')|170}}

*{{i|Chapter 6 . Conclusion: Yinshun's Hermeneutics|173}}
**{{i|6.1. Overview of Yinshun's interpretation of ''Tathāgatagarbha'' Doctrine|174}}
**{{i|6.2. Where to Go from Here|193}}
*{{i|References|205}}
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