Kuiji
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Kuiji 窺基 an exponent of Yogācāra
Yogacara
Yogācāra is an influential school of Buddhist philosophy and psychology emphasizing phenomenology and ontology through the interior lens of meditative and yogic practices. It developed within Indian Mahāyāna Buddhism in about the 4th century CE...

, was a Chinese monk and a prominent disciple of Xuanzang
Xuanzang
Xuanzang was a famous Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar, traveler, and translator who described the interaction between China and India in the early Tang period...

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Kuiji's commentaries on the Cheng weishi lun
Cheng Weishi Lun
The Cheng Weishi Lun , or Discourse on the Perfection of Consciousness-only is a comprehensive discourse on the central teachings of Yogacara, framed around Vasubandhu's seminal Yogacara work Triṃśikā-vijñaptimātratā . It was written by the Chinese monk Xuanzang in the 7th century CE...

and his original treatise on Yogācāra, the Fayuan yilin chang 大乘法苑義林章 ("Essays on the Forest of Meanings in the Mahāyāna Dharma Garden" became foundations of the Weishi or Faxiang School.

The Faxiang School consider Kuiji to be their first patriarch.

Commentaries

  • Amitābha and Maitreya Sūtras
  • Diamond Sūtra
    Diamond Sutra
    The Diamond Sūtra , is a short and well-known Mahāyāna sūtra from the Prajñāpāramitā, or "Perfection of Wisdom" genre, and emphasizes the practice of non-abiding and non-attachment...

  • Heart Sūtra
    Heart Sutra
    The Heart Sūtra is a Mahāyāna Buddhist sūtra. Its Sanskrit name literally translates to "Heart of the Perfection of Transcendent Wisdom." The Heart Sūtra is often cited as the best known and most popular of all Buddhist scriptures.-Introduction:The Heart Sūtra is a member of the Perfection of...

     (般若波羅蜜多心經幽贊)
  • Lotus Sūtra
    Lotus Sutra
    The Lotus Sūtra is one of the most popular and influential Mahāyāna sūtras, and the basis on which the Tiantai and Nichiren sects of Buddhism were established.-Title:...

     (Saddharmapuṇḍarīka-sūtra)(妙法蓮華經玄贊)
  • Vimalakīrtinirdeśa-sūtra (說無垢稱經疏)

Commentaries specific to Yogacara

  • Madhyāntavibhāga ( 辯中邊論述記)
  • Sthiramati's Commentary on Asaṅga's Abhidharmasamuccaya (雜集論述記)
  • Vasubandhu's Twenty Verses (Viṃśatikā)(唯識二十論述記)
  • Vasubandhu's One Hundred Dharmas Treatise ( 大乘百法明門論解)
  • Yogācārabhūmi ( 瑜伽師地論略纂)
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