The Theory of tathatā（真如）in the Ratnagotravibhāga——With Focus on Interpretation in East Asian Buddhism

摘要

＜正＞In East Asian Buddhism, the representative Buddhist priest who provided a traditional definition of tathatā（真如） is Fazang （法藏,643—712）, a representative of the Huayan sect.Fazang divided tathatāinto emptiness and non-emptiness and asserted that tathatācan act as conditional dharma.1However, before Fazang’s