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A work attributed to either [[Maitreya]] or [[Asanga]] and translated into {{Wiki|Chinese}} in the mid-seventh century by [[Hsüan-tsang]]. One of the principal treatises of [[the Dharma]] Characteristics (Chin [[Fa-hsiang]]; Jpn [[Hosso]]) school, it consists of one hundred volumes and elucidates the seventeen stages through which the practitioners of the [[Consciousness-Only]] [[Doctrine]] advance toward [[Enlightenment]]. The work quotes the [[Revelation]] of the Profound Secrets [[Sutra]] and explains the [[Consciousness-Only]] [[Doctrine]], particularly with [[respect]] to the [[Alaya]]-[[Consciousness]]. {{Wiki|Yogic}} practice was the chief [[discipline]] of the [[Consciousness-Only School]], hence the title of this work. | A work attributed to either [[Maitreya]] or [[Asanga]] and translated into {{Wiki|Chinese}} in the mid-seventh century by [[Hsüan-tsang]]. One of the principal treatises of [[the Dharma]] Characteristics (Chin [[Fa-hsiang]]; Jpn [[Hosso]]) school, it consists of one hundred volumes and elucidates the seventeen stages through which the practitioners of the [[Consciousness-Only]] [[Doctrine]] advance toward [[Enlightenment]]. The work quotes the [[Revelation]] of the Profound Secrets [[Sutra]] and explains the [[Consciousness-Only]] [[Doctrine]], particularly with [[respect]] to the [[Alaya]]-[[Consciousness]]. {{Wiki|Yogic}} practice was the chief [[discipline]] of the [[Consciousness-Only School]], hence the title of this work. | ||
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Treatise on the Stages of Yoga Practice, The
瑜伽師地論 (Skt Yogacharabhumi; Chin Yü-ch’ieh-shih-ti-lun; Jpn Yugashiji-ron )
A work attributed to either Maitreya or Asanga and translated into Chinese in the mid-seventh century by Hsüan-tsang. One of the principal treatises of the Dharma Characteristics (Chin Fa-hsiang; Jpn Hosso) school, it consists of one hundred volumes and elucidates the seventeen stages through which the practitioners of the Consciousness-Only Doctrine advance toward Enlightenment. The work quotes the Revelation of the Profound Secrets Sutra and explains the Consciousness-Only Doctrine, particularly with respect to the Alaya-Consciousness. Yogic practice was the chief discipline of the Consciousness-Only School, hence the title of this work.
