本源学汇论

Abstract "Huilun on the Study of the Origin" is a systematic philosophical treatise centered on the concept of "the Origin" (Yuánběn), structured across eight volumes that successively address ontology, cosmogony, consciousness, spiritual energy, ethics, social order, history, and ultimacy. Beginning logically from "manifestation is occurring," the work establishes the Origin as both the totality of all existence and the ultimate ground of its possibility, proposing an ontological framework of "non-duality of stillness and awareness" and "sevenfold inherent capacities." Building on this foundation, it constructs an eight-stage theory of generation—from "manifestation of capacities" through "focus," "norm," "luminous activity," "coupling," "condensation," "trace," to "world"—employing concepts such as "coupling," "trace," and "readability" to elucidate the possibilities of space-time, causality, life, and multiple worlds. In philosophy of mind, it reinterprets consciousness, self, and continuity of existence through "cognition," "self-grasping," and "five aggregates," engaging Buddhist Yogācāra thought while avoiding reification of a substantial self. In the domain of spiritual energy, it reconstructs traditional concepts of karma and resonance through "karma as acquired momentum" and "resonance as sympathetic vibration," establishing a non-personal, non-precatory theory of spiritual interaction. In ethics, good and evil are defined in terms of "increase or decrease of order," freedom is delineated as "number of viable options," and an open ethical system is constructed through "non-establishment of precepts" and "situational wisdom." In the domains of social order and history, "collective karma" and "readability" explain the rise and fall of institutions and the direction of history, with four conditions proposed for an ideal order. The final volume points toward practice and realization through "four stages of return to order" and "three criteria of awakening." Methodologically, the work is distinctive for: a strict three-level distinction (capacity-level, phenomenon-level, and focus-level); a four-part argumentative structure (definition, deduction, counterexample analysis, and boundary conditions); and four self-imposed limitations—no instrument of judgment over others, no authority established, no secret transmissions, and no claim to finality—aimed at securing the coherence and testability of the system.