Mahāyānasaṃgraha. (T. Theg pa chen po bsdus pa; C. She dasheng lun; J. Shōdaijōron; K. Sǒp taesǔng non 攝大乘論). In Sanskrit, the "Summary of the Great Vehicle"; an important treatise of the Yogācāra school, composed by the fourth-century master Asaṅga. The text is lost in the original Sanskrit but is preserved in Tibetan and four Chinese translations, including those by such famous figures as Paramārtha and Xuanzang. The work is the most complete presentation of Yogācāra theory and practice, setting forth in detail the doctrines of the three natures (trisvabhāva), as well as the foundational consciousness (ālayavijñāna), and the seeds (bīja) that reside there. It also sets forth practices for cultivating the wisdom derived from hearing (śrutamayīprajñā), the wisdom derived from reflection (cintāmayīprajñā), and the wisdom derived from meditation (bhāvanāmayīprajñā), whereby the ālayavijñāna is destroyed and enlightenment attained. The lineage (gotra) of enlightenment and the nature of the dharmakāya are also elucidated. Both Vasubandhu and Asvabhāva composed commentaries on the text, which were also translated into Chinese. The Mahāyānasaṃgraha served as the basis of the She lun zong in China. (Source: "Mahāyānasaṃgraha." In The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism, 514. Princeton University Press, 2014. http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt46n41q.27.)
| Citation | Asaṅga (ཐོགས་མེད་). mahāyānasaṃgraha [महायानसंग्रह]. theg pa chen po bsdus pa [ཐེག་པ་ཆེན་པོ་བསྡུས་པ]. [A Summary of the Mahāyāna (84000)]. Tengyur, RKTST 3387 http://www.rkts.org/cat.php?id=3387&typ=2. |
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| Author | Asaṅga |
