와이쉐시까(Vaiśeṣika) 학파와의 논쟁을 통해 본 경량부 세친(Vasubandhu)의 정신(manas)

On Sautrāntika Vasubandhu's Idea of Mentality (Manas) in His Debate with the Vaiśeṣika school.

&nbsp;&nbsp;There has been a dispute on the character of Vasubandhu when he was writing the Abhiharmako？abh？？ya. Such scholars as Robert Kritzer insisted that he was already influenced by the Yog？c？rins. There are scholars who regard Vasubandhu working under the name of the Sautr？ntikas not as a h？nay？na but as a mah？y？na scholar. Although he can be understood in this say from the some aspects of his writing, there are indications to show he still is in the field of the traditional Buddhist Institution. In this paper I will deal with this problem though his interpretation of mentality (manas), especially in the argument against the Vai？e？ika school.<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;As you may well aware, there is no difference in their reference in the mind (citta), mentality (manas), and consciousness (vij？？na) within the Northern Buddhist schools, such as the Sarv？stiv？dins and the Sautr？ntikas. However, they become the 8th ？layavij？？na, the 7th manas and the 6th manovij？？na respectively in the depth psychology of the Vij？aptim？tra-Yog？c？rins. While the 8th ？layavij？？na was a fresh concept introduced, the 7th consciousness, manas, was the modification of the existing concept. Thus, how Vasubandhu understood manas could be a kind of yardstick to decide his character during the time of the Abhidharmako？abh？？ya.<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;The second chapter deals with the general understanding of he mind (citta), mentality (manas), and consciousness (vij？？na) from the scattered passages of the Abhidharmako？abh？？ya. The third chapter studies the Vai？e？ika understanding of manas. For them it is the inner faculty to link between faculties and self (？tman) and is the size of an atom. The forth chapter deals with the refutation of the Vai？e？ika manas seen in the ninth chapter of the Abhidharmako？abh？？ya. In the fifth chapter, I will discuss the later development of the inner faculty (manas) within one of the Hindu philosophical schools, the M？m？msa. In the Bha？？a school of the M？m？msa, the working of manas between faculties and self (？tman) was reduced to almost nothing.