耿宁唯识学研究管窥

Commentary on Iso Kern's Vijptimātratā Studies

胡塞尔现象学和玄奘唯识学都是对意识或心识的卓越研究。耿宁通过对二者的比较得出了这样两个结论:意识一般之三分结构、过去之特殊现实性。但是他对玄奘唯识学中四分说的性质的理解可能并不准确,这导致他依据三分说来质疑唯识三世说。玄奘四分说本质上是一种意识发生学描述,陈那三分说才是意识结构描述。唯识学三世说可以在发生学上借"自缘返缘"结构得到完满说明。

Husserl's phenomenology and Xuanzang's Vijptimātratā both are excellent studies of consciousness or mind. By comparing these two theories Iso Kern drew two conclusions: the three-part structure of the general consciousness and the specific reality of the past. However, he didn't understand the nature of Xuan-zang's four-part theory accurately enough. As a result, he questioned the three-phase theory of Vijptimātratā through the three-part theory of consciousness. We think that Xuan-zang's four-part theory is essentially a genealogical description of consciousness, while Dignāga's three-part theory is a structural description of consciousness; and the three-phase theory of Vijptimātratā can be thought as a perfect genealogical description through the scheme of self-pratītya and back-pratītya.