Being as Consciousness : Yogacara Philosophy of Buddhism/Fernando Tola and Carmen Dragonetti. New Delhi, Motilal Banarsidass Pub., 2004, xl, 270 p., ISBN 81-208-1967-5.

    Contents: Preface. General Introduction. 1. The name of the idealistic school. 2. Principal philosophical tenets of the Yogacara school. 3. Some other themes that appear in the three treatises. 4. Factors that contributed to the arising of the idealistic conception of Cittamatra. 5. The importance of the Yogacara school of philosophy. 6. Notes for the general introduction. I. Dmigs pa brtag pahi bgrel pa of Phyogs kyi glan po : Alambanapariksavrtti of Dignaga): 1. Introduction. 2. Life of Dignaga. 3. Works of dignaga. 4. Doctrinary commentary of Alambanapariksavrtti. 5. Tibetan text. 6. Translation. 7. Notes for the first part. II. The vimsatika vijnaptimatratasidhih of Vasubandhu: 1. Introduction. 2. Doctorinary commentary of Vimsatika. 3. Sanskrit text. 4. Translation. 5. Notes for the second part. III. The trisvabhavakarika of Vasubandhu: 1. Introduction. 2. Doctorinary commentary of Trisvabhavakarika. 3. Sanskrit text. 4. Trranslation. 5. Notes for the third part. Reference.

    "This work is intended to the study of the Yogacara Buddhist philosophy together with its commentaries and notes for better comprehensibility of the contents of three edited and translated texts namely, Alambanapariksavrtti of Dignaga; the Vimsatika Vijnaptimatratasiddhih of Vasubandhu and Trisvabhavakarika of Vasubandhu." (jacket)

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