The Scripture on the Explication of Underlying Meaning

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Translator’s Introduction John P. Keenan 1
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The Scripture on the Explication of Underlying Meaning Chapter I
Thus Have I Heard 7
Chapter II
The Descriptive Marks of the Truth of Ultimate Meaning 11
Chapter III
The Descriptive Marks of Mind, Thought, and
[Sense] Consciousness 27
Chapter IV
The Characteristic Patterns of All Things 31
Chapter V
The Absence of Essence 35
Chapter VI
The Analysis of Centering 51
Chapter VII
The Stages and Perfections 77
Chapter VIII
The Duty Accomplishment of a Tathagata 99


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Glossary 117
*The Scripture on the Explication of Underlying Meaning
Bibliography 119
*Chapter I
Index 121
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The Scripture on the Explication of Underlying Meaning
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Taishō 676
Volume 16

The basic sūtra of the Faxiang School, The Scripture on the Explication of Underlying Meaning expounds the thought of the Yogācāra or Mind-Only School (Vijñānavāda), stating that all phenomena are manifestations of the mind. It belongs to the middle period of Indian Mahāyāna Buddhism and is considered to have been composed at the start of the fourth century A.D. It is divided into eight chapters, and gives a detailed exposition of the philosophy of the Yogācāra School. Judging from the fact that the greater part of this sūtra is quoted in the Yogācārabhūmi (Taishō 53), and that numerous citations from it are to be found in such works as the Mahāyānasaṃgraha (Taishō 57) and Jō-yui-shiki-ron (Taishō 54), it is clear that it exerted considerable influence in later times.

Source
Skt. Saṃdhinirmocana-sūtra. Translated into the Chinese by Xuan Cang as Jie shenmi jing (解深密經). 5 fascicles.
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Citation Keenan, John P., trans. The Scripture on the Explication of Underlying Meaning. Translated from the Chinese of Hsüan-tsang (Taisho Volume 16, Number 676). BDK English Tripiṭaka 25, no. 4. Berkeley, CA: Numata Center for Buddhist Translation and Research, 2000. https://bdkamerica.org/product/the-scripture-on-the-explication-of-underlying-meaning/.