念与离念——理解《大乘起信论》的新思路

Caring and Escaping from Caring

文章从念与离念的角度对《大乘起信论》提出了一些新看法。念指的是心对境的攀缘,念依无明而起,念能变现和攀缘生死境界。离念指的是脱离能念所念的二元对立而归一性。《大乘起信论》上承印度佛教,下启中国佛教,弄清楚其念与离念问题对正确理解中印佛教关系大有好处。

The paper gives some new ideas about Dacheng Qi Xin Lun（On Faith in Mahayana） from the point of view of caring and escaping from caring. Caring means the subject seeks the object, and it is originated in ignorance and leads to the Wheel of Birth and Death. Escaping from caring means escaping from the dualistic antithesis between the subject and the object. Solving the problem can help us to know that Dacheng Qi Xin Lun（On Faith in Mahayana） is a bridge between Indian Buddhism and Chinese Buddhism.