Śāntideva's Attitude towards Vijñāna Theory

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The Bodhicaryāvatāra of Śāntideva (c. 650-700 A.D.) is peculiar and prescious among the rare Mādhyamika manuals for the religious practice. So much, it occupies the quite unique situation in the Mahāyāna Buddhist Vijñāna theory on account of its Vijñāna-pratśedha which was done from his Śūnyavādin standpoint. Characteristics of his Vijñāna conception concerning mainly with those of Pramāṇasamuccaya, Madhyamakāvatāra and Madhyamaka-hṛdaya-kārikā were made clear in detail by Dr. S. Yamaguchi's "Disputation between non-reality and reality" (Tokyo 1941, in Japanese). This can be said that the characteristics of Śāntideva's attitude towards Vijñāna theory was made clear mainly related with preceding works. Now, we are going to observe his relation with the later works, that is, in another word, to see the direction of his vijñāna attitude. (Kanaoka, introductory remarks, 34)

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Kanaoka, Shuyu. "Śāntideva's Attitude towards Vijñāna Theory." Indogaku Bukkyōgaku Kenkyū (Journal of Indian and Buddhist Studies) 10, no. 2 (1962): 34–39. https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/ibk1952/10/2/10_2_749/_pdf/-char/en.
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An "Introduction to Bodhisattva Practice," the Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra is a poem about the path of a bodhisattva, in ten chapters, written by the Indian Buddhist Śāntideva (fl. c. 685–763). One of the masterpieces of world literature, it is a core text of Mahāyāna Buddhism and continues to be taught, studied, and commented upon in many languages and by many traditions around the world. The main subject of the text is bodhicitta, the altruistic aspiration for enlightenment, and the path and practices of the bodhisattva, the six perfections (pāramitās). The text forms the basis of many contemporary discussions of Buddhist ethics and philosophy.