A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.t4.292
A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.t4.292
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Sūtras, on the Saddharma-Puṇḍarīka,¹ the Mahā-Pari-nirvāṇa-Sūtra² and the Vajracchedikā-Prajñā-Pāramitā.³ It was at this time that he also wrote the two classical treatises on idealism, the Viṃśatikā and Triṃśikā,⁴ in which in a subtle manner, he refutes the belief in the reality of the objective world, but defends the doctrine of the reality of pure consciousness (Vijñānamātra). The Tibetan Bu-ston also mentions the following works of Vasubandhu: Pañcaskandha-Prakaraṇa, Vyākhyāyukti, Karma-Siddhi-Prakaraṇa and commentaries on Maitreya's Mahāyāna-Sūtralaṃkāra, on the Pratītya-Samutpāda-Sūtra and the Madhyānta-Vibhāga.⁵ Towards the end of his life, he is said to have become a devotee of Amitābha and to have written a work entitled Aparimitāyus-Sūtropadeśa, in which he gave expression to the longing for Sukhāvatī.⁶ Paramārtha concludes his biography of Vasubandhu with these words:
Cites (11)
- Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra — Sanskrit
- Pañcaskandhaprakaraṇa — Vasubandhu, Sanskrit
- Madhyāntavibhāga — Maitreyanātha, Sanskrit
- Viṃśatikā — Vasubandhu, Sanskrit
- Pratītyasamutpādasūtra (Mahāyāna) — Sanskrit
- Vyākhyāyukti — Vasubandhu, Sanskrit
- Karmasiddhiprakaraṇa — Vasubandhu, Sanskrit
- Saddharmapuṇḍarīkasūtra — Sanskrit
- Mahāyānasūtrālaṃkāra — Maitreyanātha & Asaṅga, Sanskrit
- Vajracchedikā Prajñāpāramitā — Sanskrit
- Triṃśikā — Abhinavagupta, Sanskrit