说一切有部的弥勒观

Sarvastivadins' Outlook on Maitreya

学界一般认为古代龟兹是小乘说一切有部文化中心,克孜尔中心柱窟图像构成是小乘僧人一佛一菩萨(弥勒)崇拜的反映。本文探讨了说一切有部对弥勒菩萨的态度。从与说一切有部相关的典籍中检索出有关弥勒的文献并进行分析,最后发现这个部派其实反对弥勒崇拜,这使我们重新审视传统理论的两个方面——克孜尔石窟的教派属性,以及弥勒菩萨的图像志。

In academic circles,ancient Qiuci is usually regarded as an important cultural center of the Sarvastivadins and the patterning of the wall paintings in the central-pillar caves at Kizil is considered as the reflection of adoration of monk,Buddha and Bodhisattva(Maitreya)by Theravada.This paper studies the Sarvastivadins's opinion of the worship of Maitreya.After searching and analyzing those paragraphs concerning Maitreya in the Sarvastivadins's sutra,the author finds that this Buddhist sect actually stands against the worship of Maitreya.The finding made us to reconsider two different aspects of traditional viewpoint:the sect attribute of Kizil grottoes and the iconographic history of Bodhisattva Maitreya in Kizil.