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Yuefan WANG
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DOI:10.17265/2328-2177/2021.02.005
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana and Champaign, Illinois, United States
ABSTRACT
The Anūnatvāpūrṇatvanirdeśaparivarta, which was translated into Chinese in 520, is about a
critique of two types of wrong views regarding the realm of sentient beings,
namely, the view of increase in two aspects and the view of decrease in three
aspects. This paper examines the notions in an equation noted in the sūtra and investigates
the interrelation between the notions. It argues that the sūtra’s doctrine about the unchangingness of
sentient beings is based on
the equivalence of the supreme truth, the realm of
sentient beings, the Buddha-nature, the dharma-body, and the single realm. The
highest idea in the sūtra is neither abiding in nirvana nor in saṃsāra.
KEYWORDS
Anūnatvāpūrṇatvanirdeśaparivarta, tathagatagarbha, unchangingness, realm of sentient beings
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