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Vasubandhu's 'Treatise on the Three Natures' - Translated from the Tibetan edition with a commentary
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Garfield, JL, Vasubandhu's 'Treatise on the Three Natures' - Translated from the Tibetan edition with a commentary, Asian Philosophy, 7, (2) pp. 133-154. ISSN 0955-2367 (1997) [Refereed Article]
DOI: doi:10.1080/09552369708575458
Abstract
Trisvabhavanirdea (Treatise on the Three Natures) is Vasubandhu's most mature and explicit exposition of the Yogcacara doctrine of the three natures and their relation to the Buddhist idealism Vasubandhu articulates. Nonetheless there are no extent commentaries on this important short test. The present work provides an introduction to the text, its context and principal philosophical theses; a new translation of the text itself; and a close, verse-by-verse commentary on the text explaining the structure of Yogacara/Cittamatra idealism and comparing it to Western versions of transcendental idealism. In particular, I show how the doctrine of the three natures is used to make idealism coherent in a Buddhist context and how it sheds light on the structure and evolution of transcendental idealism in Europe. © 1997 Carfax Publishing Ltd.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Research Division: | Philosophy and Religious Studies |
Research Group: | Other Philosophy and Religious Studies |
Research Field: | Philosophy and Religious Studies not elsewhere classified |
Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
Objective Group: | Expanding Knowledge |
Objective Field: | Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences |
UTAS Author: | Garfield, JL (Professor Jay Garfield) |
ID Code: | 11807 |
Year Published: | 1997 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 4 |
Deposited By: | Philosophy |
Deposited On: | 1997-08-01 |
Last Modified: | 2011-08-12 |
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