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Vasubandhu (traditional Chinese: 世親; ; pinyin: Shìqīn; Tibetan: དབྱིག་གཉེན་ Wylie: dbyig gnyen; fl. 4th to 5th century CE) was an influential Buddhist monk and scholar from Gandhara or Central India.
Apr 22, 2011 · The Buddhist philosopher Vasubandhu (4 th to 5 th century C.E.) was a great light at the peak of India’s resplendent Gupta empire.
Vasubandhu (T. Dbyig gnyen; C. Shiqin 世親) (fl. 4th to 5th century CE) was "one of the most influential authors in the history of Buddhism". Contemporary scholar Jonathan C. Gold writes: The Buddhist philosopher Vasubandhu (4th century C.E.) was a great light at the peak of India's resplendent Gupta empire. [2]
Vasubandhu (fl. 4th or 5th cn. C.E.) Vasubandhu was a prominent Buddhist teacher and one of the most important figures in the development of Mahyna Buddhism in India.
Vasubandhu was a prominent Indian Buddhist philosopher and prolific author of works on both the Hinayana and Mahayana teachings.
Jan 1, 2017 · The most important and the only complete account of the life of Vasubandhu entitled Posou pandoufa shijuan (Biography of Master Vasubandhu) was compiled into Chinese by Paramārtha (499–569 C.E.), one of the chief exponents of Yogācāra doctrine in China.
Vasubandhu (flourished 5th century ad) was an Indian Buddhist philosopher and logician, younger brother of the philosopher Asaṅga. His conversion from the Sarvāstivāda to the Mahāyāna Buddhist tradition is attributed to Asaṅga.
Jun 25, 2013 · Reference Works and General Overviews. Gold 2011 offers a lucid introduction to Vasubandhu’s thought. The Vasubandhu section of Potter’s Bibliography of Indian Philosophies, in conjunction with Powers 1991 and the General Bibliography on Yogācāra ( Muller 2010) provide an ample and relatively up-to-date list of sources.
Since Vasubandhu's works span so many different systems, this article will not attempt to enumerate his doctrinal positions. The purpose here is to focus on philosophical arguments, and among those, to emphasize the most influential and noteworthy passages.
Dec 3, 2009 · This article focuses on the picture of mind and mental phenomena that emerges from the canonical literature, the theories of mind advanced by the main Abhidharma scholastic traditions, and the epistemological issues of perception and intentionality debated by philosophers such as Vasubandhu, Dignāga, Dharmakīrti, Candrakīrti ...
