The Yogācāra School Exposition

唯識系宗通·詳述

Drawing on the Yogācāra root treatises — the Saṃdhinirmocana, Yogācārabhūmi, Mahāyānasaṃgraha, Cheng Weishi Lun, Madhyāntavibhāga, Viṃśatikā, and Triṃśikā — this exposition unfolds one school's doctrine to a depth an ordinary reader can follow. It is not a re-translation, not a Western comparison, and not a replacement for the ancient masters' work: resting on this project's translations and following the sequence the canon lays out for itself, it opens the school into a single readable path. An opening chapter and twelve chapters in three parts, transmitting rather than composing — every point of doctrine is the canon's own words. Text within 「」 is verbatim citation; 『』 marks the expositor's paraphrase.

依唯識根本論——《解深密經》《瑜伽師地論》《攝大乘論》《成唯識論》《辯中邊論》《唯識二十論》《唯識三十論頌》等——開演一宗義理,至常人可解。此非重譯,非西方對照,非取代祖師譯文;乃以本系譯注為底,順經論自具之次第,將一宗之學攤成一條可讀的路。全書第〇章開卷、三部十二章,述而不作:凡立義處皆經論自語。「」內皆逐字徵引,『』為譯者今語提挈。

Reading Path

Opening開卷

  1. Asking the Way第〇章 · 問道

Part One · Sources and Formation第一部 · 源流

  1. Where the Buddha First Spoke of Mind第一章 · 佛說心之始——《解深密》之自敘
  2. The Root System — Abhidharma and the Southern Answer第二章 · 根系——阿毗達磨與瑜伽之形成
  3. Maitreya, Asaṅga, Vasubandhu第三章 · 彌勒·無著·世親
  4. The Eastward Transmission — Xuanzang and the Cien School第四章 · 東傳與奘師·慈恩

Part Two · Doctrine第二部 · 宗義

  1. Refuting Self and Dharmas — What "Consciousness-Only" Denies第五章 · 破我法執與唯識無境
  2. The Eight Consciousnesses — a Map of the Mind第六章 · 八識——心的地圖
  3. The Three Natures, the Three Naturelessnesses, and Suchness第七章 · 三性三無性·二無我與真如
  4. Seeds, Perfuming, and Dependent Arising第八章 · 種子熏習與唯識緣起

Part Three · The Path第三部 · 路

  1. Ground, Hearing, and the Arising of the Mind of Awakening第九章 · 種姓·正聞熏習與發菩提心
  2. Entering — the Fourfold Search第十章 · 入唯識性——聞思修·四尋思·四如實智
  3. The Five Stages — Śamatha, Vipaśyanā, and the Three Trainings第十一章 · 五位·止觀·六度與三增上學
  4. The Fruit — Turning the Basis第十二章 · 轉依之果——二障二果·無住涅槃·四智三身