The Summary of the Great Vehicle
By Asaṅga
Translated by John P. Keenan
Numata Center for Buddhist Translation and Research, Berkeley, 1992, BDK English Tripiṭaka
First written 4th–5th century CE
About this text
Keenan’s translation, from Paramārtha’s Chinese version, of Asaṅga’s Mahāyānasaṃgraha, a systematic summary of Yogācāra teaching on the storehouse consciousness, the three natures, the path and the bodies of the Buddha.
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Asaṅga. The Summary of the Great Vehicle. Translated by John P. Keenan. BDK English Tripiṭaka. Numata Center for Buddhist Translation and Research, Berkeley, 1992.
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