Vasubandhu Talks
Vasubandhu (traditional Chinese: 世親; ; pinyin: Shìqīn; Tibetan: དབྱིག་གཉེན་ Wylie: dbyig gnyen; fl. 4th to 5th century CE) was an influential Indian Buddhist monk and scholar. He was a philosopher who wrote commentary on the Abhidharma, from the perspectives of the Sarvastivada and Sautrāntika schools. After his conversion to Mahayana Buddhism, along with his half-brother, Asanga, he was also one of the main founders of the Yogacara school.
Vasubandhu's Abhidharmakośakārikā ("Commentary on the Treasury of the Abhidharma") is widely used in Tibetan and East Asian Buddhism, as the major source for non-Mahayana Abhidharma philosophy. His philosophical verse works set forth the standard for the Indian Yogacara metaphysics of "appearance only" (vijñapti-mātra), which has been described as a form of "epistemological idealism", phenomenology and close to Immanuel Kant's transcendental idealism. Apart from this, he wrote several commentaries, works on logic, argumentation and devotional poetry.
Vasubandhu is one of the most influential thinkers in the Indian Buddhist philosophical tradition. Because of their association with Nalanda university, Vasubandhu and Asanga are amongst the so-called Seventeen Nalanda Masters. In Jōdo Shinshū, he is considered the Second Patriarch; in Chan Buddhism, he is the 21st Patriarch.
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Faces of Compassion - Part 3Serial: TL-00348 Two Arrows Zen telephone course, Lovingkindness, Manjushri, Duality, Balance, Vasubandhu |
Aug 09 2014 Two Arrows Zen |
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Embracing the Mahayana: Do You Want to be an Artist? Vasubandhu, Karmic Consciousness, Interview, Heart Sutra, Lotus Sutra |
Jul 16 2011 Morning No Abode Hermitage |
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Commemorating Buddha's EnlightenmentSerial: BZ-02074 Seven Factors of Enlightenment, Rohatsu Day 7 Abhidharma, Genjokoan, Vasubandhu, Ego, Birth-and-Death, Five Ranks, Anger, Nirvana,... |
Dec 12 2009 Berkeley Zen Center |
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The Ultimate Transcends All ArgumentationSamdhinirmochana Mahayana Sutra Chapter 2 Chapter Two, Morning Nirvana, Vasubandhu, Bodhisattva Way, War |
May 23 2009 Morning No Abode Hermitage |
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The Ultimate Transcends All ArgumentationSamdhinirmochana Mahayana Sutra Chapter 2 Samdhinormonchana Sutra (Part V), Vasubandhu, Mahayana, Lotus Sutra |
May 23 2009 Afternoon No Abode Hermitage |