This article aims to justify a “systematic theology of non-attachment” achieving a perfect realization, that interconnects the first and second meanings of existence through a circular unfolding of “onto-logy” the study of Being letting itself speak using the Buddhist “perfect teaching” (especially from Tiantai and Huayan traditions) as its foundation. The article develops through three stages: “perfect knowledge of the substance”, “perfect understanding of the principle” and “perfect realization in function”. In Chapter One, “Being” is provisionally posited as the fundamental perfect substance, with its dual capture of “essential manifestation” and “concealment” argued through three propositions: “nonspeaking is speaking”, “speaking is nonspeaking” and “nonspeaking speaking”. Chapter Two employs the view of emptiness (Huayna’s “Three Natures in One Moment”) to deconstruct attachment-based ontology, dissolving appearances to return to nature, thereby justifying phenomena as Being and showing how “existential discourse” self-negates and enters the provisional, unfolding the worldly horizon (onto-theology). Chapter Three draws on the Tiantai doctrine of “nature includes good and evil” to realize the ultimate emptiness by affirming the conventional emptiness (the second meaning), confirming their mutual dependence and verification. Thus, the nonattached systematic theology is thoroughly realized: Practicing “doing good and removing evil” within worldly differentiation as the “fearless provisional name timely function”, dwelling in Being through nonattached yet engaged faith as the “unobstructed total capture responsive transformation function”, and achieving endless unfolding of conscious provisional speech as the “discriminating wisdom’s endless provisional speaking function”.
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Chen, Y. (2025) Perfect Realization of Non-attachment: A Systematic Theology. Journal of Social Development and History, 1(6), 23-34.