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[[image:Vasubandhu.JPG|frame|'''Vasubandhu''']]'''Vasubandhu''' (Tib. Yiknyen; [[Wyl.]] ''dbyig gnyen'') numbers among the ‘[[Six Ornaments]]’, the greatest Buddhist authorities of Ancient India. He was the younger brother of [[Asanga]], and composed ''The Treasury of Abhidharma'' (Skt. ''[[Abhidharmakosha]]''), a complete and systematic account of the [[Abhidharma]], the peak of scholarship in the [[Fundamental Vehicle]]. Later he followed the [[Mahayana]] [[Yogachara]] view, and wrote many works, such as ''[[Thirty Stanzas|Thirty Stanzas on the Mind]]'' (''Trimsikavijñapti-karika'').
[[image:Vasubandhu.JPG|frame|Vasubandhu]]
'''Vasubandhu''' (Skt.; Tib. [[དབྱིག་གཉེན་]], ''Yiknyen'', [[Wyl.]] ''dbyig gnyen'') (4th cent. AD) numbers among the ‘[[Six Ornaments]]’, the greatest Buddhist authorities of Ancient India. He was born in Cachemire and was the younger brother of [[Asanga]]. He composed the ''[[Treasury of Abhidharma]]'', a complete and systematic account of the [[Abhidharma]], the peak of scholarship in the [[Fundamental Vehicle]]. Later he followed the [[Mahayana]] [[Yogachara]] view, and wrote many works, such as ''[[Thirty Stanzas|Thirty Stanzas on the Mind]]''.


==His Writings==
==His Writings==
*[[Abhidharmakosha]]
Vasubandhu was a prolific author and wrote texts on a wide variety of subjects, his most famous work being the ''[[Abhidharmakosha]]''.
 
A set of eight texts are referred to as the ''Eight Treatises'' (the ''Eight Prakarana''):
*A commentary on ''[[The Ornament of the Mahayana Sutras]]''
*A commentary on ''[[Distinguishing the Middle from Extremes]]''
*A commentary on ''[[Distinguishing Dharma and Dharmata]]''
*[[Well Explained Reasoning]]
*[[Treatise on Karma]]
*[[Analysis of the Five Skandhas]]
*[[Analysis of the Five Skandhas]]
*[[Twenty Stanzas]]
*[[Thirty Stanzas]]
*[[Thirty Stanzas]]
*[[Treatise on Karma]]
 
Other texts include:
*''Sukhāvatīvyūhopadeśa'' (Skt.), a treatise on the ''[[Amitayurdhyana Sutra]]''
*[[Treatise on the Three Natures]]
*[[Treatise on the Three Natures]]
*[[Twenty Stanzas]]
*A commentary on the [[Sūtra Teaching the Beginnings and the Divisions of Dependent Arising]] (Skt. ''Pratītyasamutpādādi-vibhaṅga-nirdeśa'')
*Gāthāsaṃgrahaśāstra-nāma (Wyl. ''bstan bcos tshigs su bcad pa bsdus pa zhes bya ba'')
*Gāthāsaṃgrahaśāstrārtha-nāma (Wyl. ''tshigs su bcad pa'i don bsdus pa zhes bya ba'i bstan bcos'')
*Ekagāthābhāṣya (Wyl. ''tshigs su bcad pa gcig pa'i bshad pa'')


==His Disciples==
==His Disciples==
He famously had four students who were more learned than himself: [[Sthiramati]], who was more learned in [[Abhidharma]]; [[Dignaga|Dignāga]], who was more learned in [[Pramana|Pramāṇa]]; [[Gunaprabha|Guṇaprabha]], who was more learned in the [[Vinaya]]; and [[Arya Vimuktasena]], who was more learned in [[Prajñaparamita|Prajñāpāramitā]].
He famously had four students who were more learned than himself:  
*[[Sthiramati]], who was more learned in [[Abhidharma]];  
*[[Dignaga|Dignāga]], who was more learned in [[Pramana|Pramāṇa]];  
*[[Gunaprabha|Guṇaprabha]], who was more learned in the [[Vinaya]]; and  
*[[Arya Vimuktasena]], who was more learned in [[Prajñaparamita|Prajñāpāramitā]].
These students are not necessarily considered to be his direct students, but perhaps more in the sense that they followed in his lineage.


==Further Reading==
==Further Reading==
*Stefan Anacker, ''Seven Works of Vasubandhu: The Buddhist Psychological Doctor'', Motilal Banarsidass, 2nd Edition, 2002, ISBN 978-8120802032
*E. Lamotte, ''Karmasiddhiprakarana: le traité de l'acte de Vasubandhu'', Bruxelles 1936
*J. Takakusu, ''The Life of Vasubandhu by Paramārtha'', T'oung Pao
*Lobsang N. Tsonawa, ''Indian Buddhist Pandits from The Jewel Garland of Buddhist History'', Dharamsala: Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, 1985.
*Lobsang N. Tsonawa, ''Indian Buddhist Pandits from The Jewel Garland of Buddhist History'', Dharamsala: Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, 1985.
*Stefan Anacker, ''Seven Works of Vasubandhu: The Buddhist Psychological Doctor'', Motilal Banarsidass, 2nd Edition, 2002


==External Links==
==External Links==
*[http://www.lotsawaschool.org/vasubandhu_quotes.html Important quotes from Vasubandhu's writings]
*{{TBRC|P6119|TBRC Profile}}


[[Category:Historical Masters]]
[[Category:Indian Masters]]
[[Category:Seventeen Nalanda Masters]]
[[Category:Seventeen Nalanda Masters]]

Revision as of 08:41, 23 November 2018

Vasubandhu

Vasubandhu (Skt.; Tib. དབྱིག་གཉེན་, Yiknyen, Wyl. dbyig gnyen) (4th cent. AD) numbers among the ‘Six Ornaments’, the greatest Buddhist authorities of Ancient India. He was born in Cachemire and was the younger brother of Asanga. He composed the Treasury of Abhidharma, a complete and systematic account of the Abhidharma, the peak of scholarship in the Fundamental Vehicle. Later he followed the Mahayana Yogachara view, and wrote many works, such as Thirty Stanzas on the Mind.

His Writings

Vasubandhu was a prolific author and wrote texts on a wide variety of subjects, his most famous work being the Abhidharmakosha.

A set of eight texts are referred to as the Eight Treatises (the Eight Prakarana):

Other texts include:

His Disciples

He famously had four students who were more learned than himself:

These students are not necessarily considered to be his direct students, but perhaps more in the sense that they followed in his lineage.

Further Reading

  • Stefan Anacker, Seven Works of Vasubandhu: The Buddhist Psychological Doctor, Motilal Banarsidass, 2nd Edition, 2002, ISBN 978-8120802032
  • E. Lamotte, Karmasiddhiprakarana: le traité de l'acte de Vasubandhu, Bruxelles 1936
  • J. Takakusu, The Life of Vasubandhu by Paramārtha, T'oung Pao
  • Lobsang N. Tsonawa, Indian Buddhist Pandits from The Jewel Garland of Buddhist History, Dharamsala: Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, 1985.

External Links