Concept
Cheng Weishi Lun
Overview
Cheng Weishi Lun (Chinese: 成唯識論; pinyin: Chéng Wéishí Lùn, CWSL, Sanskrit reconstruction: *Vijñaptimātrāsiddhiśāstra, English: The Treatise on the Demonstration of Consciousness-only, Taisho Catalog number 1585), is a comprehensive treatise on the philosophy of Yogacara Buddhism and a commentary on Vasubandhu's seminal work, the Triṃśikā-vijñaptimātratā (Thirty Verses on Consciousness-only).
The CWSL was written by the early Tang dynasty monk Xuanzang (602–664), who drew on numerous Indian Yogacara sources and scholars as well as his experience of studying under Indian Yogacara masters like Nalanda's Śīlabhadra and Prasenajit.
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The one part, which really is orthodox, has no other purpose than to make the deliverances of the Vedas clearer, or to derive from the text of these original treatises an ingeniously thought-out Psychology. This system is called Mimansa, and two schools proceed from it. Distinguished from these there are other systems, amongst which the two chief are those of the Sanc’hya and Nyaya. The former again divides into two…
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Hegel's Lectures on the History of Philosophy
States what Cheng Weishi Lun is.
Et vos ab illo irridemini et ipsi illum vicissim eluditis. Liber igitur a tali irrisione Socrates, liber Aristo Chius, qui nihil istorum sciri putat posse. 124. Sed redeo ad animum et corpus. Satisne tandem ea nota sunt nobis, quae nervorum natura sit, quae venarum? tenemusne quid sit animus, ubi sit? denique sitne an, ut Dicaearcho visum est, ne sit quidem ullus?
Marcus Tullius Cicero, Academica
Close in meaning to Cheng Weishi Lun; the term itself is not named.
This is done two ways. First, by keeping the idea which is brought into it, for some time actually in view, which is called CONTEMPLATION. 2. Memory. The other way of retention is, the power to revive again in our minds those ideas which, after imprinting, have disappeared, or have been as it were laid aside out of sight.
John Locke, An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 1
States what Cheng Weishi Lun is.
Philosophers who discussed Cheng Weishi Lun
Related ideas
- Sthiramati
- Dignāga
- Hong Kong
- Two truths doctrine
- India
- Kuiji
- Japan
- Nalanda mahavihara
- Xuanzang
- Sanskrit
- Yogachara
- East Asian Yogācāra
- Vasubandhu
- Yogācārabhūmi-Śāstra
- Buddhism
- Śīlabhadra
- Tang dynasty
- Motilal Banarsidass
- Triṃśikā-vijñaptimātratā
- Woncheuk
- Summa
Place in the tradition
Part of Buddhist philosophy.