Yogācārabhūmi Śāstra
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The Yogācārabhūmi Śāstra is a massive and foundational Mahāyāna Buddhist treatise that systematically presents the doctrines and practices of the Yogācāra (Mind-Only) school.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bodhisattvabhumi | 1 |
| Treatise on the Ten Stages of the Mind | 1 |
| Yogācārabhūmi Śāstra canonical | 1 |
| Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11672543 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Yogācārabhūmi Śāstra Context triple: [Yogācāra, scripturalBasis, Yogācārabhūmi Śāstra]
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Lankāvatāra Sutra
The Lankāvatāra Sutra is a key Mahayana Buddhist scripture known for its teachings on mind-only philosophy, Buddha-nature, and the importance of direct experiential realization over conceptual understanding.
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Mūlamadhyamakakārikā
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā is a foundational Buddhist philosophical treatise that systematically expounds the Madhyamaka doctrine of emptiness and the middle way.
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Yogavarttika
Yogavarttika is a seminal Sanskrit commentary on Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras that offers a detailed and philosophically rich exposition of classical Yoga, traditionally attributed to the scholar Vijnanabhikshu.
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D.
Vajrasekhara Sutra
The Vajrasekhara Sutra is a key esoteric Buddhist tantra that, together with the Mahavairocana Sutra, forms a primary doctrinal foundation for Shingon Buddhism’s ritual and cosmological system.
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E.
Tathāgatagarbha sutras
The Tathāgatagarbha sutras are a group of Mahayana Buddhist scriptures that teach all beings possess an innate Buddha-nature, emphasizing the inherent potential for enlightenment.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Yogācārabhūmi Śāstra Target entity description: The Yogācārabhūmi Śāstra is a massive and foundational Mahāyāna Buddhist treatise that systematically presents the doctrines and practices of the Yogācāra (Mind-Only) school.
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A.
Lankāvatāra Sutra
The Lankāvatāra Sutra is a key Mahayana Buddhist scripture known for its teachings on mind-only philosophy, Buddha-nature, and the importance of direct experiential realization over conceptual understanding.
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B.
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā is a foundational Buddhist philosophical treatise that systematically expounds the Madhyamaka doctrine of emptiness and the middle way.
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C.
Yogavarttika
Yogavarttika is a seminal Sanskrit commentary on Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras that offers a detailed and philosophically rich exposition of classical Yoga, traditionally attributed to the scholar Vijnanabhikshu.
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D.
Vajrasekhara Sutra
The Vajrasekhara Sutra is a key esoteric Buddhist tantra that, together with the Mahavairocana Sutra, forms a primary doctrinal foundation for Shingon Buddhism’s ritual and cosmological system.
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E.
Tathāgatagarbha sutras
The Tathāgatagarbha sutras are a group of Mahayana Buddhist scriptures that teach all beings possess an innate Buddha-nature, emphasizing the inherent potential for enlightenment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist treatise
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Mahāyāna text ⓘ Yogācāra text ⓘ śāstra ⓘ |
| associatedSchool |
Vijñānavāda
NERFINISHED
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Yogācāra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Mind-Only school NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| attributedTo | Maitreya-nātha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsSection |
Bodhisattvabhūmi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Manobhūmi NERFINISHED ⓘ Pratyekabuddhabhūmi NERFINISHED ⓘ Samādhibhūmi (section on meditative absorptions) NERFINISHED ⓘ Saṃgrahaṇī sections ⓘ Viniścayasaṃgrahaṇī NERFINISHED ⓘ Śrāvakabhūmi NERFINISHED ⓘ Śīlapaṭala (section on discipline) ⓘ |
| disputedAuthorship | true ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
analysis of mental factors (caittas)
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gradual stages of the path (bhūmi) ⓘ yogic practice and meditation stages ⓘ |
| genre |
Abhidharma-style compendium
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meditation manual ⓘ philosophical treatise ⓘ |
| hasTranslationIn |
Classical Chinese
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Tibetan ⓘ |
| influenced |
Consciousness-only thought in China
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East Asian Yogācāra NERFINISHED ⓘ Faxiang school NERFINISHED ⓘ Indian Buddhist monastic curricula ⓘ Tibetan scholasticism ⓘ |
| language | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| length | massive ⓘ |
| mainDoctrine |
Vijñaptimātra (representation-only)
NERFINISHED
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Yogācāra NERFINISHED ⓘ storehouse consciousness (ālaya-vijñāna) NERFINISHED ⓘ three natures (trisvabhāva) ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
Buddhist path
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bodhisattva path ⓘ meditation theory ⓘ monastic discipline aspects ⓘ psychology of consciousness ⓘ |
| preservedIn |
Chinese Buddhist canon
NERFINISHED
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Tibetan Tengyur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regardedAs |
foundational Yogācāra compendium
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systematic presentation of Yogācāra doctrine ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scripturalFamily | Mahāyāna Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structureType | encyclopedic ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
4th century
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Gupta period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| traditionalAuthor | Asaṅga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: Yogācārabhūmi Śāstra Description of subject: The Yogācārabhūmi Śāstra is a massive and foundational Mahāyāna Buddhist treatise that systematically presents the doctrines and practices of the Yogācāra (Mind-Only) school.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra
this entity surface form:
Bodhisattvabhumi
this entity surface form:
Treatise on the Ten Stages of the Mind