Sanron Gengi - The Mysteries of Three Theory

A Buddhist book from the Sui Dynasty in China. 1 volume. Written by Jizo, the great master of the San-ron teachings, during his stay at the Enichi dojo in Yangzhou (Jiangsu Province) (around 597-599). The San-ron refers to the Indian Nagarjuna's Madhyamaka-sarastra and Twelve Gates Treatise, and the disciple Devadatta's Hundred Treatises. Nagarjuna's Mahaprajnaparamita-sarastra is included in the Four Treatises. All of these discuss the emptiness of the Prajnaparamita Sutra, and were translated into Chinese by Kumarajiva, who came to Chang'an in 401. The school based on the San-ron sect is called the San-ron sect. "Sanron Gengi" is a book in which Kichizo concisely explains the profound doctrines of the Sanron and their outlines, and generally teaches that the Sanron teachings are based on the principles of destroying evil, revealing the truth, attaining nothing, the true nature of all phenomena, and the middle way. It is famous as an introductory book to the philosophy of emptiness.

[Takao Maruyama]

"Sanron Gengi" translated and annotated by Kanakura Ensho (Iwanami Bunko)" ▽ "Sanron Gengi" by Saegusa Mitsunori (included in "Lessons on Buddhist Scriptures 27", 1971, Daizo Shuppan)"

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中国、隋(ずい)代の仏書。1巻。三論の教学を大成した嘉祥大師(かじょうだいし)吉蔵(きちぞう)の著作で、揚州（江蘇(こうそ)省）慧日(えにち)道場に滞在中（597～599ころ）の作。三論とはインドの龍樹(りゅうじゅ)の『中論』『十二門論』と弟子提婆(だいば)の『百論』をいい、龍樹の『大智度(だいちど)論』を加えて四論という。これらはいずれも『般若経(はんにゃきょう)』の空(くう)を論じたもので、401年に長安にきた鳩摩羅什(くまらじゅう)によって漢訳された。三論に基づく学派を三論宗という。『三論玄義』は、吉蔵が三論の奥深い教義とその大綱を簡明に説いたもので、総じて破邪(はじゃ)・顕正(けんしょう)、無得(むとく)の正観(しょうかん)、諸法の実相、中道(ちゅうどう)を宗(むね)とする、と説く。空観(くうがん)哲学の入門書として名高い。

［丸山孝雄］

『金倉圓照訳註『三論玄義』（岩波文庫）』▽『三枝充悳著『三論玄義』（『仏典講座27』所収・1971・大蔵出版）』

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