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영어

There are various meanings for the terms “Buddha-nature” and “the Pure Mind” in the classics of Mahayana Buddhism. In some occasions, these terms mean finding the nature of the Pure Mind in the aspect of anthology, whereas in other places they refer to the cognitive structure of the “Eight Knowledge”, which is mainly about the methodology aspect of the Pure Mind. In fact the relationship between the anthology and the methodology meanings of the Pure Mind or Buddha-nature is similar to that of the lights and lighting that is distinctive but closely related, based on which Zen Buddhism, in the later, reckoned the “understanding of the nature of the Pure Mind ” and “seeing the Buddha-nature in shinning” as two steps towards the way to Enlightment. These processes, however, were demonstrated in details by the Buddhist monk YongmingYanshou in his works.

중국어

在大乘佛敎經論之中“佛性”及“見性”等相關詞匯含義甚多。有的地方以悟明眞心之体 爲“佛性”, 有的地方則將本心“不可知”的了別性作爲佛性，心体与其了別之用的關系 如“灯”与“光亮”類似，兩者有聯系又有區別。后世禪宗据此提出明心 見性兩關之說, 永 明延壽禪師的著作對于明眞心 見佛性都有闡述。