Concept

Sandhinirmocana Sutra

Overview

Mahāyāna Buddhist sūtra of the Yogācāra school, containing explanations of key Yogācāra concepts such as the basal-consciousness (ālayavijñāna), the doctrine of appearance-only (vijñaptimātra) and the three own natures (trisvabhāva)

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Philosophers who discussed Sandhinirmocana Sutra

• Śīlabhadra
• Jñānagarbha
• Woncheuk

Related ideas

• Je Tsongkhapa
• Prajnaparamita
• Buddhist meditation
• Buddhahood
• Śūnyatā
• Xuanzang
• Abhidharma
• Sanskrit
• Mahayana
• Sutra
• Yogachara
• Vasubandhu
• Pratītyasamutpāda
• The Buddha
• Bodhisattva
• Motilal Banarsidass
• Jñānagarbha
• Buddhist texts
• Early Buddhist schools
• Asanga
• Hermeneutics
• Svabhava
• Woncheuk

Place in the tradition

Part of Buddhist philosophy.

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