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唯識三十論頌

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: Thirty Verses on the Vijñapti-mātra Treatise

Senses:

  • The Weishi sanshi lun;Triṃśikā, by Vasubandhu 世親. Translated by Xuanzang 玄奘 in 648 at Hongfu Monastery 弘褔寺 (T 1586.31.61a1–61b1). This is the root text on which the Cheng weishi lun 成唯識論 expounds. The Chinese title would literally translate into Sanskrit as Triṃśikā-vijñapti-mātratā-śāstra. It is a seminal source text for East Asian Yogâcāra, as it succinctly articulates the most basic doctrines such as: the production of conditioned phenomena 有爲法 from the ālayavijñāna 阿賴耶識; the three transformations of consciousness 三能變; how illusion is eliminated in the attainment of enlightenment. For modern translations/studies of this text (Chinese and Sanskrit versions), see: [唯識三十論, 三十論, 三十唯識論, 唯識三十頌] 〔成唯識論 T 1585.31.60a12〕

    References:

    Anacker, Stefan. 1986. Seven Works of Vasubandhu - The Buddhist Psychological Doctor. Delhi:  Motilal Banarsidass. Religions of Asia. 4,

    Cook, Frances H. 1999. Three Texts on Consciousness Only. Berkeley:  Numata Center for Buddhist Translation and Research. pp. 373–384.

    Hirosawa, Takayuki 廣澤隆之. 2005. Yuishiki sanjūju wo yomu 『唯識三十頌』を讀む. Tokyo:  Taishō daigaku shuppansha. A detailed, annotated translation of the Chinese source text which includes comparisons with Sanskrit and Tibetan. Translations into modern Japanese include a yomikudashi, a regular translation using Buddhist technical terminology, and a more general philosophical translation.

    Kochumottom, Thomas A. 1982. A Buddhist Doctrine of Experience: A New Translation and Interpretation of the Works of Vasubandhu the Yogācārin. Delhi:  Motilal Banarsidass. pp. 127–164.

    Lusthaus, Dan. 2002. Buddhist Phenomenology: A Philosophical Investigation of Yogācāra Buddhism and the Ch'eng Wei-shih Lun.. London:  RoutledgeCurzon. pp. 273–350. Includes comparisons of five renderings of the Triṃśikā. with extensive notes.

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    Entry created: 1997-09-15

    Updated: 2018-10-13