same name "Bodhisattvecchantika" (菩萨阐提 )26 or
"mahaakaru.na-bodhisattva"or"Mahaa-karu.necchantika"
(大悲阐提 )27 named by Kuei-chi. In this case, we
can call that the "Avalokite'svara-bodhisattva" is
the "Mahaakaru.na-bodhisattva" (大悲阐提 ). But can
we say that this "Avalokite'svara-bodhisattva"
belongs to the Fifth Nature, the "aatyantika"? I
think, not only Kuei-chi, but also we will say "No"
for its answer, because Kuei-chi in VMSVy [c-k]
claims that the Fifth Nature, the "agotra" or
"icchantika" has its own three kind-natures, in
which the "Mahaakaru.necchantika" and "atyantika"
are involved. Therefore, it can be said that the
only "maha-karu.na-bodhisattva" does not belong to
"aatyantika", and only "aatyantika" also can not
represent the Fifth Nature, as according to the
theories of Kuei-chi's VMSVy [c-k].
III. The Third Problem of "aatyantika"
If Kuei-chi holds that the "agotra" is only the
"aatyantika"(阿颠底迦)or the"pi-ching-wu-chung-hsing"
(毕竟无种姓, "atyantagotra", or "aatyantikaagotra"),
why does he in PPHV Not only explains that the both
Eighth Vij~naana and Seventh Vij~naana are good
natures, but also selects the theories of
"tathagata-garbha" (如来藏 )and "Buddha-gotra" (佛性
)for the explanation of the nature of "Chien-hsing
cheng-hsing" (遣相证性 ) , one of the Five
Vij~naanavaada-perceptions (五重唯识观 )?
As concerning the above problem, let us see the
following table which contains Kuei-chi's
explanations of both vij~naanas. (Please see the
next paper.
The new important theories in above table are as
follows:
(1) Both "citta" (心 )= Eighth vij~naana and "manas"
(意 )= Seventh vij~naana are possessing the good
characters or natures, which are different from
the indeterminate (avyak.rta, 无记 ) natures
mentioning in Tri^m'sikaa and VMS etc. 28
(2) Both vij~nanas, though separately having their