"Avalokite'svara-bodhisattva" has completed
Enlightenment? Regarding this problem, I deal with
the theories of Mahaakaru.na-bodhisattvas, the
Avalokite'svara, Samantabhadra and Munju'si from
PPHV and Saddharmapu.ndariika's commentary (法华玄赞
)etc....Therefore it can be said that Kuei-chi has
the theories of "mahaakaru.na-bodhisattva". In this
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case, the only "mahaakaruna-bodhi-satttr"a may not
belong to the "aatyantika", and only " atyantika"
also cannot represent the fifth Nature, the "agotra"
of "icchantika".
The Third Problem is that, if Kuei-chi holds
that "agotra" is only the "atyantaagotra" (毕竟无种
姓 ), why does he in PPHV, not only explain that
both 8th and 7th vij~naanas are good natures, but
also select the "buddhagotra" and
"tathaagata-garbha" for the explantions of the
nature of "chien-hsiang-cheng-hsing" (遣相证性) ? To
this problem, I frist make a comparative table for
undersanding that both 8th Vij~naanas and 7th
Vij~naana have good natures in PPHV.
Next compare the meanings of two famous gotras
of "prakrtistha" and "samudaaniita", quoted from
YCBH in the texts of PPHV, VMS, and VMSVy. From
which I find that Kuei-chi in PPHV permits the pure
biija of "prak.rtistha" to dwell in muulavij~naana.
And this theory, perhaps, can prove tha Kuei-chi in
PPHV does not hold the Indian
"atyantaaparinirvaa.na-dharma", therefore I would
consider it a problem for Kuei-chi puts the
"aatyantika" as the Fifth Nature in PPHV.
In the end of this conclution, I offer the
following two keys for us to solve the above
problems:
(1) The"aatyantika"can connect with either "agotra"
or "gotra". The first term "aatyantikaagotra" (
毕竟无种姓 ) , representing the third name