Introduction to Yogacara Buddhism: Asanga, Vasubandhu and Hsuan-Tsang

Speaker: Thomas Tam
Hsuan Tsang, the famous Chinese monk from the Tang dynasty, traveled from China to India to learn Yogacara Buddhism. He crossed deserts, mountains, rivers and spent eighteen years before his triumphant return to his country and began the daunting task of translating the sutras and commentaries that he brought back. One of the most important exposition, "Vijnaptimatratasiddhi-Trimsika", was written by Vasubandhu who, together with his brother, Asanga, established and developed the teachings of Yogacara Buddhism.

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Reb Anderson wrote a book called "The Third Turning of the Wheel" that discusses the Samdinirmochana Sutra, which was the source of the ideas of Yogacara Buddhism. Thich Nhat Hahn's book "Understanding Our Mind" is also really good.

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Thank you for this. It’s a blessing to be able to watch your talk.

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Very intriguing!

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Wow

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🙏🙏🙏

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The example of the "Flow of Life" was superbly done. Also, the reading list contained Lusthaus' "Buddhist Phenomenology," which is a a very important work in contemporary philosophy. The connections between Husserl (specifically) and the Yogacara tradition, are incredibly rich.

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thanks..keep posting ...i learn alot from this

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Buddha had five disciples to whom he taught the four noble truth. They were his companions and were in Tibetan 5 companions in Tibetan Buddhism.

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Thank You. Very helpful in studying early Mahayana.

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Thank you!

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Great Sir ...

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Great synthesis

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Really good.

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reading is just the surface of understanding buddhism. the core of buddhism is sila, anapana meditation and vipassana meditation where you realize what gautama buddha tought is true

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Amazing : )