《大乘起信论》“本觉自证”理路的建构

The Doctrine of “the Self-realization of the Original Enlightenment” in The Awakening of Faith

《大乘起信论》的"一心二门"理论,集中体现了中国佛教的本觉自证与内在超越向度。从佛教中国化的理论发展来看,《大乘起信论》极大地提高了众生成佛的主体性维度,其在中国佛教人本化历程中有着非常重要的里程碑作用。《大乘起信论》树立"体用不二"的心体本体论,统一了体和用,以及染与净、觉和不觉。《大乘起信论》提出了"真如缘起"与"真如本觉"的新思想,在这一理论架构中,真如能够以内在的本觉智性自我觉悟,通过真如熏习的内在机制与本觉自证的修行实践,从而回归清净本心。

The structure of'the Two Aspects of One Mind'in The Awakening of Faith demonstrates well that Chinese Buddhism is characterized by its emphasis on the self-realization of the original enlightenment and the dimension of internal transcendence. Prominently promoting the subjectivity of a human being in his becoming a Buddha,The Awakening of Faith is a landmark in the process of humanization of Chinese Buddhism. Its theory of Mind-substance holds the unity of substance and function,mind-pollution and mind-purification,and enlightenment and non-enlightenment. It presents a new doctrine of 'the original enlightenment of True Thusness',according to which True Thusness can realize it's self-salvation and return to its original purification through the cultivation practice of the self-realization of the original enlightenment.