《大乘起信论》之“众生心”阐析

An Analysis of“The Hearts of All living”in DACHENGQIXINLUN

"众生心"是《大乘起信论》的重要概念,它能开显出"心真如"和"心生灭"二门,一心开二门架构中的一心就是众生心。众生心开显出二门,二门不相离,却又不等同,心真如是真实的存在,心生灭却是幻化的现象。心真如虽是佛法之根本,然而真如本性的示现,却必须以心生灭所产生的染法为中介,才能被愚痴众生所明白,也就是所谓的真如并不存在于生灭之外。众生心的真如门使凡人求佛有了实现的可能性,生灭门则为人们认识佛法提供了必要条件,从而使大乘佛法得以全部地显现。因此,只有对众生心加以全面地阐析,才能了解大乘佛法的真谛。

“The hearts of all living”is one of the important concepts in DACHENGQIXINLUN. It can open the na？ture mind and the birth-and-death mind. This is the argumentation structure of DACHENGQIXINLUN. This paper contains three aspects： the hearts of all living, the structure of the hearts of all living, and the importance of the hearts of all living. The hearts of all living can open two minds. The two minds cannot be separated from each oth？er, but they interact each other with delicate relationship. The nature mind is real, but the birth-and-death mind is illusory. The nature mind is fundamental to the Dharma, but it can be reflected only by means of the birth-and-death mind, so that the mortal can understand it. It is the so-called nature mind, which cannot survive without the birth-and-death mind. The hearts of all living can give probability for the people to become Buddhists, and it is the requirement to become a Buddhist. Moreover, it is the carrier of Buddhism. Therefore, the important state of the hearts of all living in DACHENGQIXINLUN is established.