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realized nature and, 147–49, 151, 152–54
twofold meaning of, 143, 144–47
P
“Painting of a Rice Cake” (Dogen), 167–68
Pali Canon, 5, 84
Patacara, 102
peace
afflictive emotions and, 54
consciousness and, 82, 91, 200
in Consciousness Only, 10, 29–30
grasping and, 175
lack of manas and, 72
mindfulness and, 75, 134
in projections and karma, 173
through meditation, 17, 38, 41, 178–79, 195, 199
perception, 19, 20
conditioning and, 128
manas and, 69, 88
as mental factor, 49, 51–52, 53, 69, 85
of store consciousness, 19, 45, 46–47
See also senses, six
perfection of wisdom (prajnaparamita), 135, 140, 158
phenomena
in Early Buddhism, 27–29, 76
emptiness of, 28–29, 152, 155–57, 168
as fleeting, 58, 146–47
“Thirty Verses” approach to, 7, 8
views of, 135–36
practices
common ground of, 72
effects of, 40–41
five remembrances, 103–4
giving and taking practice (tonglen), 104
lack of ground in, 29
loving-kindness meditation, 104
manas in, 61, 70
with other-dependent nature, 144–45
results of, 174
store consciousness, awareness of, 112–13, 195–97
in “Thirty Verses,” 16, 76, 195
transforming storehouse through, 67–68
See also meditation
prajnaparamita. See perfection of wisdom
Prajnaparamita sutras, 140, 158
precepts, 11, 97
presence, 41, 139, 200
present moment, 35, 38, 74–75, 112, 175, 196–97
pride, 21, 95, 96, 184. See also self-pride
projection only (vijnapti-matra), 23
conceiving and resting in, differentiated, 177–80
realized nature as, 167–68, 170–71
resting in, 173–74, 181–86, 191–92
Vasubandhu’s use of, 124–25
projections, 10, 98, 128, 185–86. See also imaginary nature
provisional teachings, purpose of, 13
psychology, 59, 101, 118–19, 195–96
purity, 64
R
reality
conditioned, 46
consciousness as, mistaken views on, 155, 183–84
ordinary, 33, 37, 139
purpose of understanding, 110–12
ultimate, lack of, 166
realization, 139, 177–80, 191–93, 200–201, 202. See also complete, realized nature; enlightenment
realm of no-thought, 21, 115, 117–19
rebirth, 38–39, 118
remembrances, five, 103–4
remorse, 21, 105–6
residual conceit, 34–35, 58–59, 67, 130
right concentration, 14, 63, 65, 71
right effort, 79, 80, 90–91
right mindfulness, 79, 81–82, 103–4
Rohitassa Sutra, 194
root consciousness, 21, 109–13
S
Sagan, Carl, 144
samatha, 158–61
sambhogakaya. See blissful body of liberation
Samdhinirmocana Sutra, 3, 54–55, 158–59, 179, 184, 201–2
samsara, 5, 163–64, 173–74
Samyutta Nikaya, 151
self, sense of
body as, 25
Buddhist understanding of, 11–12, 65
conceptualization of, 122, 129–30
storehouse and, 54
in transformation of consciousness, 19, 25–27, 31
See also aggregates, five; manas
self-delusion, 20, 63, 64, 65–66
self-esteem, 66
self-love, 20, 63, 64, 66–67
self-pride, 20, 63, 64, 66, 67
self-view, 20, 63, 65
sensation, 19, 20
investigating, 25–26, 27
manas and, 57–58, 69, 88
as mental factor, 49, 50–54, 83
mindfulness of, 81, 84–85, 198–99
See also under body
sensations, three, 20, 79, 81–82
sense objects, imagery of, 19, 31, 32–33, 54
sense-contact, 19, 20
manas and, 69, 70, 88
as mental factor, 49, 51, 53, 69, 83
mindfulness of, 84–86, 198–99
senses, six, 52, 109
in eight-consciousness model, 34–35
enlightenment and, 184–85
five universal factors and, 87
as other, 135
perception of, 20, 73–75
right effort and, 79, 90–91
root consciousness and, 109–11
storehouse and, 129–30
See also thought consciousness
separateness, sense of, 60, 121, 161
Shitou, 77, 98–99, 138, 169, 180, 204
Siddhartha Gautama, 5, 193. See also Buddha
Sivaka Sutta, 42
sleep, thought-free, 21, 115, 117
sleepiness, 21, 105
“Song of the Grass-Roof Hermitage, The” (Shitou), 77, 98–99, 138
soteriology, 11
Soto Zen, 2–3
store consciousness, 19, 23
awareness of, 195–97
body and, 43–44
descriptions of, 37–38, 54–55
dynamism of, 131
in Early Buddhism, 41
emptiness of, 192
enlightenment and, 189
five universal factors and, 87
karma in, 38–41, 43, 44, 60, 77, 82, 89–90
meditation of cessation and, 71
neutrality of, 53–54, 67, 81–82
overturning root of, 49, 55–56, 96, 110, 187, 189–90
role of, 33, 34–35, 127, 129–30
See also root consciousness
stories, purpose of, 101–3
subject and object split, 27, 29–30, 70–71, 87–88
suffering
alleviation, centrality of, 17, 71, 72
attending to, 95
Consciousness Only approach to, 10, 13, 15
Early Buddhism’s view of, 5, 14
emptiness of, 28, 152
karma and, 41
Mahayana approach to, 168
manas and, 20, 58, 63
as mark of existence, 153–54
mindfulness and, 35, 74, 178–80
and nirvana as nondual, 160–61
senses, alleviation through, 73–75, 111–12
subject-object split and, 70–71
three natures and, 165
twofold grasping and, 135
using stories to work with, 102
supramundane path, 20, 69, 70–72, 87–88. See also bodhisattva path
Suzuki, Shunryu, 110
T
tathagata, 27
Theravada traditions, 5, 10–11, 28, 71, 72
Therigatha, 102
“think not-thinking,” 149
“Thirty Verses on Consciousness Only” (Vasubandhu)
commentaries on, 4, 12–13, 15–16, 152
cultural context of, 84
focus of, 2, 39
mental factors listed in, 91
misunderstandings about, 12
organization of, 60
practice model in, 16, 76, 195
suffering, approach to in, 74
twofold model in, 7–8, 30
Thirty-Seven Practices of the Bodhisattva, The (Tokme Zangpo), 26
Thirty-Three Synonyms for Nirvana Sutra, 173, 179
thought consciousness, 21, 115–19, 189
thoughts
dis-identifying with, 32
initial, 21, 105, 106
investigating, 27
and knowing, differentiated, 187
mindfulness of, 197–200
as nondual, 189
three central afflictions, 95. See also aversion; delusion; desire
three marks of existence, 153–54
three natures, 22–23
consciousness understood as, 183
example of, 138–39
interdependence of, 148–49
purpose of, 8, 137
threefold absence and, 155–56
See also individual nature
thusness, 23, 167, 168–71, 190
timelessness, 145–46, 152–53, 154, 192
Tokme Zangpo, 26
tonglen. See giving and taking practice
Training in Compassion (Fischer), 196
tranquility, 74, 102, 132
beneficial factor of, 21, 82, 89–90, 93, 125, 134, 199
impressions of, 134
mindfulness of, 199
transcendence, 169–70
trust, 44, 107, 147
two barriers
letting go of, 23, 75, 121, 123, 187, 190
practice models for, 8, 30, 141, 195
views of Buddhist schools on, 135–36
U
ultimate truth, 124, 156–57
unconsciousness
imaginary nature and, 140
perception and, 45–46
store consciousness and, 37–38, 43, 44
thought consciousness and, 21, 115, 117
Universal Recommendation for Zazen (Dogen), 159, 161
V
Vasubandhu
and Abhidharma, relationship to, 6, 108
ability to find common ground, 71, 72, 173–74
ethics, view of, 96–97
fundamental problem according to, 135–36
other-dependent nature, approach to, 145
role in Buddhism, 1, 2–3, 7, 17–18
vijnapti-matra, use of, 32–33, 124
vipassana (insight), 158, 159–61
Vipassana tradition, 5, 74
volition
manas and, 69, 88
as mental factor, 19, 20, 49, 52–53, 69, 85
mindfulness of, 76, 86–87
W
wellness and well-being
beneficial factors and, 90–91, 92–93
caring for mental states as, 77
commitment to, 105–6, 202
opening to, 64
right effort and, 79
transforming consciousness for, 82
wisdom of equality, 67–68
wrong view, 107, 151–52
X
Xuanzang, 127. See also Chengweishilun
Y
Yaoshan, 148–49, 161
yoga, uses of term, 3
Yogacara
approach in this book, 18
Consciousness Only and, 9
critiques of, 155–56
enlightenment in, 181
manas in, 57, 61
other Buddhist schools and, 29–30
overview of, 3–4
phenomena in. See three natures
suffering, view of in, 70–71, 132
Vasubandhu’s role in, 2
Yogacarabhumi (Asanga), 45, 59
Z
Zen
Consciousness Only in, 9–10
five universals, appearance of in, 87
meditation in, 74
precepts in, 97
right effort in, 80
Yogacara in, 4, 18
About the Author and Translator
BEN CONNELLY is a Soto Zen teacher and Dharma heir in the Katagiri lineage. He teaches at Minnesota Zen Meditation Center. Ben is also a professional musician and teaches mindfulness in a wide variety of secular contexts. He lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and is the author of Inside the Grass Hut: Living Shitou’s Classic Zen Poem.
WEIJEN TENG is an assistant professor at Dharma Drum University in Taiwan. He has a BA in Pali and Buddhist studies (Kelaniya, Sri Lanka), MA in Sanskrit (Poona, India), and PhD in religious studies (Harvard University). His particular areas of research include Abhidharma and Yogacara meditation theories, study in Chinese translation of Sanskrit texts, and development of contemporary Chinese Buddhism.
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Names: Connelly, Ben, author. | Vasubandhu. Triṃśikāvijñaptimātratāsiddhi. English.
Title: Inside Vasubandhu’s Yogacara : a practitioner’s guide / Ben Connelly.
Description: Somerville, MA : Wisdom Publications, 2016. | “With a new translation from Sanskrit by Ben Connelly and Weijen Teng.” | Includes bibliographical references and index.
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