Kaiken

An Indian Buddhist scholar and master of Yogacara. His Sanskrit name was Śīlabhadra. He became a disciple of the guardian deity Goho at a young age, and after his death he led the school for a long time as its highest leader. Although his writings are not known, his academic style is considered to have inherited the true lineage of the guardian deity Goho. Legend has it that he established the Sanjikyohan, which advocated the highest form of Mahayana Buddhism, and debated with Chikō, a scholar of the Madhyamaka school, which advocated the highest form of Mahayana Buddhism. Xuanzang also traveled to India and met Kaixian (who was said to be 106 years old at the time), where they studied Yogacara and Inmyo closely, and after returning to Japan, he introduced this to China and established the Hosso sect.

[Makio Takemura, November 18, 2016]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

インドの仏教学者、唯識(ゆいしき)の学匠。サンスクリット名をシーラバドラŚīlabhadraという。若くして護法(ごほう)の弟子となり、護法示寂ののち、ナーランダー学園の最高指導者として、長く学園を統率した。著書は伝わらないが、学風は護法の正系を継いだとみられ、伝説的に、法相(ほっそう)大乗を最高とする三時教判をたてて、無相(むそう)大乗を最高とする中観(ちゅうがん)派の智光(ちこう)と論争したといわれる。なお、玄奘(げんじょう)はインドに渡って戒賢と出会い（当時、戒賢は106歳であったという）、唯識、因明(いんみょう)などを親しく学び、帰国後、これを中国に伝えて法相宗を開いた。

［竹村牧男　2016年11月18日］

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