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On the Problem of Existence of Consciousness(=Vijñapti) in Vijñaptimātravada and Husserlian Phenomenology

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ABSTRACT

As is generally known, the development of Husserlian phenomenology through Heideggerian thought of Being left behind the problem of existence of consciousness as a aporia. Started with this problem-consciousness, to understand Yogācāra’s standpoint about this matter from the henomenological point of view obliges us to concentrate on the structural explication of the Tri-svabhāvavada(三性說) as its fundamental doctrine rather than on the historical explanation of it. In this paper we will point out some features of the Tri-svabhāvavada that are comparable with Husserlian Phenomenogy: Firstly, the Paratantra-svabhāva(依他起性) as the actuality of consciousness is contrasted with the intentionality as the essence of consciousness in Phenomenogy. Secondly, the process of conversion of the Para-tantra-svabhāva from the Parikalpita-svabhāva(遍計所執性) to the Parinispanna-svabhāva(圓成實性) is comparable to phenomenological reduction. However, from the Husserlian phenomenological point of view, the Parinispanna-svabhāva as the original mode of existence of consciousness - “Being of Nothingness”(無의 有) - should be enigmatic. In the last analysis, the reason must be found in the fact while intentionality is epistemologically oriented, Paratantra-svabhāva ontologically.

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