Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c7.s1.t3.4

v1.c7.s1.t3.4

Faxian School claims that there are “Six sutras and Eleven Scriptures”, the basic text of the Sect. Six sutras refer to *Avatamsaka sutra*, *Sajdhinirmocana-sutra*, *Sutra on Merits and Virtues of the Buddha*, *Abhidharma sutra*, *Lankavatara sutra*, and *Ghana-vyūha-sūtra*, while the 11 scriptures are *Yogacarabhumi-sastra*, *Aryavacaprakarana-sastra*, *Mahayana sutralamkara*, *Pramanasamuccaya*, *Mahāyāna-samgraha-śāstra*, *Bhumi-sastra*, *Yogacara-vada Sastra*, *Alambanapariksa*, *Vimsatika Vijnapti Matrata Siddhih*, *Madhyanta Vibhaga Tika*, *Mahayan abhidharma Samuccaya Vyakhya*. Among the six sutras and 11 scriptures, *Vijnaptimatratasiddhi-Sastra*, *Yogacarabhumi-sastra* and *Samdhinirmocana-sutra* are fundamental sutras and scriptures. Another saying proposes, “One main and 10 branches”, that is, *Yogacarabhumi-sastraas* the main sutra and another 10 as branches which included *Mahāyāna-śatadharma-prakāśamukha-śāstra*, *Pañca-skandha-prakaraṇa*, *Aryavacaprakarana-sastra*, *Mahāyāna-samgraha-śāstra*, *Mahayanabhidharma Samuccaya Vyakhya*, *Madhyanta Vibhaga Tika*, *Vimsatika Vijnapti Matrata Siddhih*, *Vijnaptimatratasiddhi-trimsai-kakarika-sastra*, *Mahayana-sutralamkara* and *Yogacara-vada Sastra*. *Annotation on Vijnaptimatratasiddhi-Sastra* by Kuiji, *The Cheng Weishi Lun Liao-yi-deng* by his disciple Huizhao and *The Cheng Weishi-Lun-Yanmichao* by Zhizhou are the renowned “three masterpieces of Yoyacara” and are basic books for understanding Yogacara theories.