Untying the Knots in Buddhism
author: Alex Wayman
edition: 1997, Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
pages: 631
ISBN-10: 8120813219
ISBN-13: 9788120813212
Topic: Buddhism
Vasubandhu Teacher extraordinary
This chapter describes Vasubandhu Teacher extraordinary located on page 115 in the book Untying the Knots in Buddhism. These essays deal with Buddhist Heroes such as Sakyamuni, Nagarjuna; Doctrine such as topics on suffering, karma, and voidness; Practice such as diet, purification and visualisations; and further theories of no-self, nescience and omniscience, etc. This chapter is part "Section I, Heroes of the System"
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A comparative study between Buddhism and Nyaya [by Roberta Pamio]
Vasubandhu and His Works. Vasubandhu is also known as “the second Buddha”. Dr. S. C. Vidhyabhushana maintains that he lived about 410-490 A. D. and a contemporary of Sanghabhadra (Vaibhashika teacher) in 489 A. D. In Chinese, Vasubandhu is called “Seish” and in Tibetan “Dwyig-gnen”. Arya Asanga was his elder brother. Earlier he followed Vaibhashika of Sarvastivada School but later on he became the follower of Yogacara School of Mahayana....
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Dhyana in the Buddhist Literature [by Truong Thi Thuy La]
(trans. ), Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 2008, p. 34. (* 2) The dates of the brothers Asanga and Vasubandhu are not certain, If Asanga had Maitreyanatha as his teacher–which would make this latter the school s real founder–then the origins of the school can be placed in the fourth century. See H. Dumoulin 2008: 51. (* 3) The enumeration of the six sects of the Nara period derives from traditional Japanese Buddhist historiography....
Read full contents: 3.1 (a): The History of Mahayana Buddhism
Blue Annals (deb-ther sngon-po) [by George N. Roerich]
Further, from chos seng ba: bsam grup ye shes of rgyal lha khang (in ‘phan yul); then the teacher bsam grub bzang po ba. Other followers of the Pramanavartika (tshad ma rnam grel) make no mention of them, but the mkhan chen rin po che rgyal mtshan bzang po has stated that after a thorough examination (of the sources), he had discovered them (i.e. The above listed teachers). This is the lineage of the Prammanavartika....
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[Untying the Knots in Buddhism: index]
[About the Author (Alex Wayman)]
[Foreword]
[Preface]
[Introduction]