The Ways of Absorption and Interpretations of Prajna and Nagarjuna’s Philosophy in Tian Tai Buddhism

Prajna and Nagarjuna’s Philosophy, whose main character is to dispel, eliminate, and integrate, has gained a new meaning structure after Tiantai Zhiyi’s interpretation. Judging from the appearance of the teachings, Prajna brings together the general teaching and other teachings, while the right teaching is the perfect teaching. In terms of insight wisdom, the wisdom of “equality and one taste” is about the realm of all living beings and has the distinction of insight wisdom. Under the perspective of the Reality Theory of the Perfect Teaching, the Three Views and the Three Wisdoms, as the expansion dimensions of Prajna, are just one mind, equal and unobstructed, all of which are appropriate and complete, and encompass the Three Truths, the Three Paths, and the Three Buddhas. Waiting for the truth of the middle way of all dharmas. At the same time, as one of the sources of Zhiyi’s “Three Truths” thoughts, the “Three Truths” also has multiple meaning structures under Zhiyi’s judgment system, and has the character of covering all dharmas as a whole.

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Jinhua Chen

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East China Normal University

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Sociology

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Education

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The University of British Columbia

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