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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 (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.
Vasubandhu was a prominent Indian Buddhist philosopher and prolific author of works on both the Hinayana and Mahayana teachings.
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Jan 1, 2017 · Sources on the Biography of Vasubandhu. 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.
As this suggests, the great master Vasubandhu appeared in order to spread the teachings of Abhidharma. At a certain time, when the gong was struck at the great temple of Nālandā in the noble land [of India], it was heard by a non-Buddhist expert in grammar, who realized that the Buddhist teachings had become predominant.
Jun 25, 2013 · Vasubandhu is also traditionally ascribed authorship of several important commentaries on the Maitreya-Asaṅga texts, as well as on some Mahayana sutras. He is also said to have written a short piece on logic, and his famous manual of commentarial writing, the Vyākhyāyukti ( The Principles of Exegesis ) lay bare his unique skill ...
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.
