Gilam, Seok2019-09-252019-09-252017-10-222014-01http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/166789This paper examines three issues related to the problem of the formation of the Awakening of Faith Sutra. The first issue concerns the structure of the Sutra. By putting “the mind of Sattva” (众生心) as a standard, the structure of the Sutra established both thatā, the original aspect, and utpāda-bhaṅga, the phenomenal aspect, of “the mind of Sattva”. The crucial point is how to understand “the mind of Sattva”. It is usually understood as Causation by Tathāgatagarbha. But the paper argues that such way of understanding is improper and investigates the possibilities of whether “the mind of Sattva” in the Sutra can be understood as paratantra-svabhāva of Yogācāra’s trisvabhava theory (三性说). Secondly, the paper investigates the use of terminology in the Sutra. The writer points out that the compiler of the Sutra inscribed the word tathāgatagarbha differently in the area of thatā and in the area of utpāda-bhaṅga. Also, the writer clarifies that the meaning of ālayavijñāna in the Sutra, usually known as combining consciousness (真妄和合识), is limited to the meaning of attachment in the concept of ālayavijñāna of Yogācāra. Moreover, he indicates that in the history of Buddhism during the late Southern and Northern Dynasties, one of the important concept terms “the nature of Buddha” was never used in the text of the Sutra. The third issue concerns the relationship between the Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra and the Sutra and whether the thought of the two documents are the same. Through a series of observations, the writer concludes that the thought of the two documents do not agree in ideology. As such, the traditional practice of interpreting the Awakening of Faith Sutra in light of the tradition of the Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra is not the viewpoint of the aforementioned Sutra, but the standpoint of the commentaries on the Awakening of Faith Sutra. Finally, the paper investigates the theory of the Japanese academy that the Awakening of Faith Sutra originated in the north, i.e. it might have been established among the Bodhiruci or Dilun School that puts Bodhiruci as a fixed point. Also, the paper examines the possibilities of transmission of the translation of Paramārtha.chiWith permission of the license/copyright holderThe Awakening of Faith in the Great VehicleLaṅkāvatāra SūtraTheory of Causation by TathāgatagarbhaTathāgatagarbhaālayavijñānathe nature of BuddhaDilun SchoolParamārthaBodhiruciIntercultural and contextual theologiesAsian theologiesArticle