Vasubandhu (The Master of Abhidharma & Yogacara)
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Vasubandhu (The Master of Abhidharma & Yogacara) 🇵🇰

वसुबन्धु (Vasubandhu) (Known as "Vasubandhu")
Mahayana Scholastic, Systematizer of Yogacara Philosophy, Author of Abhidharmakosha & Vimsatika
Born c. 316 CE 🇵🇰 Purusapura (Peshawar), Pakistan
Passed Away c. 396 CE Ayodhya, India
Lifespan ~80 years old
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"All this external world is nothing but consciousness itself (Citta-matra), appearing as an external object due to karmic impressions, just like hair seen by a person with cataracts."

Archival Overview

Fourth-century Gandharan philosopher and scholar who mastered Sarvastivada Abhidharma before being converted by his brother Asanga to Yogacara (Mind-Only) Buddhism, authoring the Abhidharmakosha and Twenty Verses on Consciousness-Only.

Biographical Record

Born in ancient Gandhara (modern Peshawar), Vasubandhu demonstrated unmatched analytical genius, composing the 600 verses of the Abhidharmakosha—the definitive encyclopedia of Buddhist psychology and cosmology accepted across all traditions.

Embracing Mahayana under Asanga, he demonstrated that external reality is a construct of mental projection (Vijnapti-matra), analyzing the storehouse consciousness (Alayavijnana) and laying the scholastic foundations for Buddhist logic across India, China, and Tibet.

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Ancient Nalanda Mahavihara Reliquary Precinct
Ayodhya, India
GPS: 25.1357, 85.4450
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