Twenty-Stanza Treatise on the Consciousness-Only Doctrine
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Twenty-Stanza Treatise on the Consciousness-Only Doctrine, The
[唯識二十論] (Skt Vimshatika-vijnaptimatrata-siddhi; Chin Wei-shih-erh-shih-lun; Jpn Yuishiki-niju-ron )
A short work by Vasubandhu, translated into Chinese in 661 by Hsüan-tsang. It criticizes the erroneous views of non-Buddhist and Hinayana teachings and asserts the validity of the Consciousness-Only doctrine. Two other Chinese translations under different titles were produced in the sixth century by Paramartha and by Prajnaruchi. The Twenty-Stanza Treatise on the Consciousness-Only Doctrine is one of the principal texts of the Dharma Characteristics (Chin Fa-hsiang; Jpn Hosso) school.
