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| − | [[Gunaprabha]] (Skt. [[Guṇaprabha]]; Tib. {{BigTibetan|[[ཡོན་ཏན་འོད་]]}}, [[Yönten Ö]]; [[Wyl.]] [[yon tan 'od]]) — an [[Indian]] [[master]] of the [[Vinaya]] [[tradition]] born in the seventh century and a [[Disciple]] of [[Vasubandhu]]. According to one [[tradition]], he is considered as one of the ‘Two Supreme Ones’—great commentators on The [[Buddha]]’s teachings. | + | [[Gunaprabha]] (Skt. [[Guṇaprabha]]; Tib. {{BigTibetan|[[ཡོན་ཏན་འོད་]]}}, [[Yönten Ö]]; [[Wyl.]] [[yon tan 'od]]) — an [[Indian]] [[master]] of the [[Vinaya]] [[tradition]] born in the seventh century and a [[Disciple]] of [[Vasubandhu]]. According to one [[tradition]], he is considered as one of the ‘Two Supreme Ones’—great commentators on The [[Buddha]]’s teachings. [[Gunaprabha]]: One of the "[[six jewels of India]]" and foremost [[student]] of [[Vasubandhu]]. Known for his work on the [[precepts]], the [[Vinyasutra]]. |
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A [[Monk]] and [[scholar]] of [[India]]. His story appears in The [[Record of the Western Regions]] —[[Hsüan-tsang's]] account of his travels through {{Wiki|Central Asia}} and [[India]] in the seventh century in which he wrote about the [[Religion]], customs, {{Wiki|folklore}}, etc., of the areas he visited. [[Gunaprabha]] was said to have first studied the [[Mahayana]] teachings but converted to the [[Hinayana]] after reading a [[Hinayana]] treatise, and wrote scores of treatises in which he criticized the [[Mahayana]] teachings. He was believed to have ascended to the [[Tushita]] [[Heaven]] to resolve his remaining [[doubts]] concerning the differences between the [[Hinayana]] and the [[Mahayana]]; there he met [[Bodhisattva]] [[Maitreya]], but did not [[respect]] or learn from him because [[Maitreya]] was not an [[ordained]] [[Monk]]. | A [[Monk]] and [[scholar]] of [[India]]. His story appears in The [[Record of the Western Regions]] —[[Hsüan-tsang's]] account of his travels through {{Wiki|Central Asia}} and [[India]] in the seventh century in which he wrote about the [[Religion]], customs, {{Wiki|folklore}}, etc., of the areas he visited. [[Gunaprabha]] was said to have first studied the [[Mahayana]] teachings but converted to the [[Hinayana]] after reading a [[Hinayana]] treatise, and wrote scores of treatises in which he criticized the [[Mahayana]] teachings. He was believed to have ascended to the [[Tushita]] [[Heaven]] to resolve his remaining [[doubts]] concerning the differences between the [[Hinayana]] and the [[Mahayana]]; there he met [[Bodhisattva]] [[Maitreya]], but did not [[respect]] or learn from him because [[Maitreya]] was not an [[ordained]] [[Monk]]. | ||
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Gunaprabha
徳光 (n.d.) (Skt; Jpn Tokuko)
Gunaprabha (Skt. Guṇaprabha; Tib. ཡོན་ཏན་འོད་, Yönten Ö; Wyl. yon tan 'od) — an Indian master of the Vinaya tradition born in the seventh century and a Disciple of Vasubandhu. According to one tradition, he is considered as one of the ‘Two Supreme Ones’—great commentators on The Buddha’s teachings. Gunaprabha: One of the "six jewels of India" and foremost student of Vasubandhu. Known for his work on the precepts, the Vinyasutra.
A Monk and scholar of India. His story appears in The Record of the Western Regions —Hsüan-tsang's account of his travels through Central Asia and India in the seventh century in which he wrote about the Religion, customs, folklore, etc., of the areas he visited. Gunaprabha was said to have first studied the Mahayana teachings but converted to the Hinayana after reading a Hinayana treatise, and wrote scores of treatises in which he criticized the Mahayana teachings. He was believed to have ascended to the Tushita Heaven to resolve his remaining doubts concerning the differences between the Hinayana and the Mahayana; there he met Bodhisattva Maitreya, but did not respect or learn from him because Maitreya was not an ordained Monk.
Source
Gunaprabha (Skt. Guṇaprabha; Tib. ཡོན་ཏན་འོད་, Yönten Ö; Wyl. yon tan 'od) — an Indian master of the Vinaya tradition born in the seventh century and a disciple of Vasubandhu. According to one tradition, he is considered as one of the ‘Two Supreme Ones’—great commentators on the Buddha’s teachings.
Writings
Further Reading
- Paul K. Nietupski, 'Guṇaprabha’s Vinayasūtra Corpus: Texts and Contexts', JIATS 5, 2009 (Available online here)
