2013 Edition Yogacarabhimi Sastra Sources

[Leo Rivers]

PLEASE test these links and update me if able.



A Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra translation project - a corrected list


Infinite offerings of thanks to Dan Lusthaus and Charles Muller for making the outline found at [http://www.acmuller.net/yogacara/outlines/YBh-summary-utf8.htm], and enthusiastic applause to hide2may and Will and Jnana of the Dharma-Wheel Website for more scattered pieces! [http://www.dharmawheel.net/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=7714]

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Dan Lusthaus wrote me that the 17-bhūmi sequence of the Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra would be a good framework for pursuit of the Yogācāra.


Summary of the Yogācārabhūmiśāstra by Dan Lusthaus and Charles Muller.

http://www.acmuller.net/yogacara/outlin ... y-utf8.htm

What I have found is the summary of the entire Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra by Dan Lusthaus and Charles Muller,



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What is and what isn’t yogacara by Dan Lusthaus

http://www.acmuller.net/yogacara/articles/intro-uni.htm

Aspects of Spiritual Practice in Early Yogācāra by Lambert Schmithausen.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/49812850/Aspe ... y-Yogacara

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Book One: The Mulabhumi

And in the the 1st of 5 parts of the Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra, the Mahabhūmi, which lists the 17 bhūmis contents, we have these bhūmis spoken for:

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[Mahabhūmi]

Part One:

[Initial Phenomenology]


• (bhūmi 1) The stage of the five consciousnesses associated with the body - pañca-vijñāna-kāya-saṃprayukta-bhūmi

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• (bhūmi 2) The stage of mental intent - mano-bhūmi

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[Dhyāna Levels]


• (bhūmi 3) The stage of (initial meditative) investigation and analysis - savitarkā-savicarā-bhūmi

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• (bhūmi 4) The stage of analysis without investigation - avitarka- savicarā-bhūmi

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• (bhūmi 5) The stage of neither investigation nor analysis - avitarka-avicārā-bhūmi

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• (bhūmi 6) The stage of samāhita (thought "collected" in meditation) - samāhita-bhūmi


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• (bhūmi 7) The stage of non-samāhita - asamāhita-bhūmi

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• (bhūmi 8) The stage with mind - sacittaka-bhūmi


(fascicle 13) in Wayman, A., 2002. Buddhist Insight G. Elder, ed., Motilal Banarsidass Pub.


• (bhūmi 9)) The stage without mind - acittaka-bhūmi

Sacittikā and Acittikā Bhūmi translated by Alex Wayman.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/93404412/Saci ... ranslation


(fascicle 13) in Wayman, A., 2002. Buddhist Insight G. Elder, ed., Motilal Banarsidass Pub.

Sacittikā and Acittikā Bhūmi translated by Alex Wayman.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/93404412/Saci ... ranslation

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[Hearing, Thinking, Cultivation]


• (bhūmi 10) The stage of actualizing what one has HEARD (i.e., the teachings) - śrutamayī-bhūmī


A Study of the Śrutamayī, Cintāmayī and Bhāvanāmayī Bhūmayaḥ of the Yogācārabhūmiśāstra by Ven. Zhen Jue.

http://hub.hku.hk/handle/10722/141952

You may need another source for this. PDF fails to open.

Asaṅga's Rules of Debate (Hetuvidyā from the Śrutamayī Bhūmi) translated by Alex Wayman.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/81105548/Alex ... Logic-Vol1

On the Ideal Debater by Alberto Todeschini.

http://www.jits-ryukoku.net/data/15/ick15_todeshini.pdf

You may need another source for this. PDF fails to open.

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• (bhūmi 11) The stage of actualizing what one has THOUGHT (about the teachings) - cintāmayī-bhūmi

The Paramārthagāthā of the Cintāmayī Bhūmi translated by Alex Wayman.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/93404581/Para ... 81th%C4%81

The Ābhiprāyikārthagāthā of the Cintāmayī Bhūmi translated by Alex Wayman.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/93404748/Asan ... structions

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• (bhūmi 12) The state of actualizing what one has PRACTICED - bhāvanā-bhūmi


Stage of Actualization of Cultivation (Bhāvanāmayī bhūmi) translated by Ven. Shi Chuan Guan & Mr. Lee Cheng Soon. Direct Link:

http://buddhavacana.net/en/wp-content/u ... 110531.pdf


The Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra (Translated Chapters) has been published by the 佛陀教育基金會 The Corporate Body of the Buddha Educational Foundation, Taiwan and is currently available from http://www.budaedu.org/books/books_02_en.php

Here are two selected chapters from Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra

The Twelfth Main Stage: Stage of Actualization of Cultivation 本地分中修所成地第十二
Bodhisattva Precepts Manual 菩薩戒本經


Indirect link to web page for download:

http://buddhavacana.net/yogacarabhumi-sastra/

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[Śrāvaka-bhūmi]


• (bhūmi 13) The stage of the Śrāvaka - śrāvaka-bhūmi


Various passages from the Śrāvakabhūmi are translated in Wayman, A. Analysis of the Śrāvakabhūmi Manuscript. Univ. California Press, 1961.

Analysis of the Śrāvakabhūmi Manuscript translated by Alex Wayman

http://www.scribd.com/doc/93350001/Anal ... Manuscript


(anon compilation), (Florin Deleanu translator), 2006. The Chapter on the Mundane Path (Laukikamiirga) in the Sriivakabhumi, dissertation, STUDIA PHILOLOGICA BUDDHICA Monograph Series XXa, Tokyo The International Institute for Buddhist Studies of The International College for Postgraduate Buddhist Studies.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/82365176/The- ... humi-Vol-1

Ālokasaṃjñā in the Śrāvakabhūmi by Takako Abe (click CiNii Fulltext PDF - Open Access).

http://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110002707294

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[Pratyekabuddha-bhūmi]


• (bhūmi 14)), The stage of the Pratyekabuddha - pratyekabuddha-bhūmi


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[Bodhisattva-bhūmi]


• (bhūmi 15), The stage of the Bodhisattva-bhūmi

the fourth chapter of the Bodhisattva bhūmi, is found in Willis, J.D., 1979.On Knowing Reality: The Tattvartha Chapter of Asaṅga’s Bodhisattvabhūmi, Columbia University Press,

The Tattvārtha-Paṭalam of Asaṅga's Bodhisattvabhūmi translated by Janice Dean Willis.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/93402827/A-St ... on-Reality

and the curious information that the entire internal sequence of the Bodhisattva bhūmi is accounted for section by section but not reiteration of section contents in Aryasanga, M./, 2004. Universal Vehicle Discourse Literature (Mahayanasutralamkara), American Institute of Buddhist Studies.

And parts of the later 4 Parts of the Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra are found in Schmithausen, L., 1987. Ālāyavijñāna: On the origin and the early development of a central concept of Yogācāra philosophy, International Institute for Buddhist Studies, 1987

and its critique and furtherance in


Buescher, H., 2008. The Inception of Yogācāra-Vijñānavada, Austrian Academy of Sciences.

and

The Tattvārtha-Paṭalam (Excerpt) translated by Erich Frauwallner. English translation by Ven. Lodro Sangpo.

http://prajnaquest.fr/blog/wp-content/u ... 4%81va.pdf

and

Asaṅga's Chapter on Ethics translated by Mark Tatz.

http://www.mellenpress.com/mellenpress. ... d=889&pc=9

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[Nirvana with and without Remainder]


• (bhūmi 16) The stage of (nirvana with) remainder - sopādhika bhūmi


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• (bhūmi 17) The stage of (nirvana with) no remainder - nirupādhika bhūmi


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Book Two:


[Viniścaya]


Part Two: Viniścayasaṃgrahaṇī

The Pravṛtti and Nivṛtti Portions of the Viniścayasaṃgrahaṇī of the Yogācārabhūmi is translated in Waldron, William S. The Buddhist Unconscious: The ālaya-vijñāna in the context of Indian Buddhist thought. RoutledgeCurzon, 2003.


The Pravṛtti and Nivṛtti Portions of the Viniścayasaṃgrahaṇī translated by William S. Waldron.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/93405135/Prav ... ahan%C4%AB

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[*Vyākhyāna-saṃgrahanī ]


Part Three: *vyākhyāna-saṃgrahanī

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[Paryāya-saṃgrahinī]

Part Four: Paryāya-saṃgrahinī

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[Vastusaṃgrahanī]


Part Five: Vastusaṃgrahanī

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It is a challenge is to find the scattered leaves and place them in order.

[so the Yogācāra can breath in their own atmosphere]

Leo Rivers

[Greg]

Great list Leo. However you may want to direct link to the Tatz which though out of print is available: http://www.scribd.com/doc/96904086/Asan ... ong-Kha-Pa

[Leo Rivers]

Thanks Greg!

But I do have a caution when using Tibetan materials. First off, the reference Greg was making:


A very Tibetan Commentary on part of the Yogacarabhumi:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/96904086/Asanga-s-Chapter-on-Ethics-With-the-Commentary-of-Tsong-Kha-Pa

Asanga's Chapter on ethics with the commentary of Tsong-Kha-Pa, The basic path to awakening, The complete Bodhisattva. (Studies in Asian thought and religion; v. 4} Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. Yogacarabhumi. Bodhisattvabhumi--Commentaries. 2. Tson­kha-pa Blo-bzan-grags-pa, 1375-1419. Byan chub gzun lam. 3. Bodhisattva stages (Mahayana Buddhism) 4. Buddhist precepts. 5. Asanga. I. Yogacarabhumi. Bodhisattvabhumi. 1986. II. Tson-kha-pa Blo-bzan- grags-pa, 1357-1419. Byan chub gzun lam. III. Asanga.
IV. Tatz, Mark. V. Seris. BQ3067.A85 1986 294.3'5 ISBN 0-88946-054-X (alk. paper)

Now, my Caution in the form of my Amazon Do Com review of one of THE BEST books on Yogacara "as the Yogacara breathed in their own atmosphere":


Distinguishing the Middle from the Extremes: A Study and Annotated Translation of the Madhyantavibhaga, Along with its Commentary, the Madhyantavibhaga-bhasya (Treasury of the Buddhist Sciences) [Hardcover]
Mario D'Amato (Author)

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5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent step-by-step summary of the Yogācāra December 23, 2012
By Leo Rivers
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I must point to Mario D'Amato's "Distinguishing the Middle from the Extremes: A Study and Annotated Translation of the Madhyantavibhaga, along with Its Commentary, the Madhyantavibhaga-bhasya" as an excellent example of what sympathetic modern academic scholarship can offer to people studying Buddhism in general, and in this book, a treasure of the Yogacara in particular. It has several important features that make it the one academically informed presentation you should have on your shelf, whether as a student or a practitioner of Buddhism.

1st, it is very readable and builds in its introduction an excellent step-by-step summary of the background and special features of the Yogacara, with examination in detail of chief texts, masters and the dates of these. Then its point by point exposition of the contents of the text is phenomenal, with every list of qualities set out in full and relationship to each other explained fully.

2nd, I must issue a warning here. Another reason I want you to select this rather than another translation is that many of these Yogacara texts by Asanga (4th Century) or "Maitreya" in modern English translation have been translated with their commentaries by Vasubandhu stripped away to make room for a commentary by a modern teacher of Tibetan Buddhism. Such commentaries written by Tibetan lamas familiar with Western Culture are excellent commentaries for modern students operating within traditions founded in Tibet between the 8th century and the modern era. But these later traditions are founded on very different principles than these texts which were originally written hundred of years before in the 3rd and 4th centuries! For that authentic context you are best informed by Asaṅga's own brother, Vasubandhu! This is why I prefer the Western Academic editions of these texts. These focus on providing the original context for these works and explanations from people like Vasubandhu (approximately 316-396 CE) and Sthiramati (mid 6th Century) who shared the World and World-View of the original compilers.