The present article is one of a series of annotated Japanese translations of the fifth chapter of... more The present article is one of a series of annotated Japanese translations of the fifth chapter of Vasubandhu's Vyākhyāyukti (VyY) and Guṇamati's Vyākhyāyuktiṭīkā, the translation of which is based on the Derge and the Peking versions of the Tibetan translation. The fifth chapter of the VyY consists of three parts: (1) Dharma-preachers (dharmakathika) should incite a trainee (vineya) to listen to the Buddha's words; (2) In order to lead a trainee to listening, Dharma-preachers should indicate the purpose (prayojana) or greatness (māhātmya) of Buddhist sutras; and (3) In order to establish concentration to listening, Dharma-preachers should narrate the "stories" to distracted trainees. With regard to these three parts, Vasubandhu focuses on "the listening [to Buddha's words] with respect" (gus par nyan pa, śuśrūṣā). The term śuśrūṣā is derived from the 16 ways of the accurate listening delineated in the Arthavistara of the Dīrghāgama no. 2. Vasubandhu expands the definition of the 16 ways into the Dharma-preachers' method on the act of motivating the trainees toward accurate listening as the very first step of the Buddhist practice. The Respect to Buddha and Buddha's words is considered as the key concept of the fifth chapter of the VyY. The present article covers (1) and the first part of (2) among the above three. It contains the famous metaphor of three bowls or vessels (bhājana) later quoted in Bu ston's Chos 'byung and Tshong kha pa's Ram rim chung ngu and Ram rim chen mo. The sources of some quotations in Chapter 5 are unknown, namely, the four types of persons that are like four types of hunting dogs ([rgon pa'i] khyi lta bu'i gang zag bzhi), and *Mahāyānasūtrasaṃgraha (theg pa chen po'i mdo sde bsdus pa), which contains twenty-seven reverence minds to the Buddha.
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