A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF MAHĀYĀNA AND THERAVĀDA BUDDHIST MEDITATION: READING CHIH-I'S MOHO CHIH-KUAN AND BUDDHAGHOSA'S VISUDDHIMAGGA

Tony See Sin Heng

《禪與人類文明研究》 7期 (2020/06) Pp. 16-26

摘要

This paper examines the connection between Mahayana and Theravāda Buddhist meditation from the perspective of Chih-i's Moho chih-kuan摩訶止観and considers its differences and similarities from Buddhist meditation and Pure Land Buddhism. Although much scholarship has been devoted to the study of Chih-i's concept of meditation, relatively few works have been engaged in a comparative study of his theory of mediation and Theravāda understanding of meditation. This paper makes such an attempt in the light of works done by exceptional works by scholars such as Swanson, Groner and Habito. In this paper, we examine why Chih-i used the term ＂chihi-kuan＂ 止観and what practical implications it may have for meditators, what the philosophical background of chih-kuan is, followed by a consideration of the differences and similarities with the concept of meditation in Theravāda Buddhism.

關鍵字

Chih-i ； Chih-kuan ； Mahāyāna ； T'ien-t'ai ； Theravāda