Yogācārabhūmi Śāstra

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Buddhist treatise Mahāyāna text Yogācāra text śāstra

The Yogācārabhūmi Śāstra is a massive and foundational Mahāyāna Buddhist treatise that systematically presents the doctrines and practices of the Yogācāra (Mind-Only) school.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra	6
Yogācārabhūmi Śāstra canonical	3
Bodhisattvabhumi	1
Bodhisattvabhūmi	1
Treatise on the Ten Stages of the Mind	1
Yogacarabhumi-shastra	1
Yogācāra sutras	1
Yogācārabhūmi	1
Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra (traditional attribution)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11672543 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Yogācārabhūmi Śāstra
Context triple: [Yogācāra, scripturalBasis, Yogācārabhūmi Śāstra]

A. Lankāvatāra Sutra
The Lankāvatāra Sutra is a key Mahayana Buddhist scripture known for its teachings on mind-only philosophy, Buddha-nature, and the importance of direct experiential realization over conceptual understanding.
B. Mūlamadhyamakakārikā
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā is a foundational Buddhist philosophical treatise that systematically expounds the Madhyamaka doctrine of emptiness and the middle way.
C. Yogavarttika
Yogavarttika is a seminal Sanskrit commentary on Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras that offers a detailed and philosophically rich exposition of classical Yoga, traditionally attributed to the scholar Vijnanabhikshu.
D. Vajrasekhara Sutra
The Vajrasekhara Sutra is a key esoteric Buddhist tantra that, together with the Mahavairocana Sutra, forms a primary doctrinal foundation for Shingon Buddhism’s ritual and cosmological system.
E. Tathāgatagarbha sutras
The Tathāgatagarbha sutras are a group of Mahayana Buddhist scriptures that teach all beings possess an innate Buddha-nature, emphasizing the inherent potential for enlightenment.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Yogācārabhūmi Śāstra
Target entity description: The Yogācārabhūmi Śāstra is a massive and foundational Mahāyāna Buddhist treatise that systematically presents the doctrines and practices of the Yogācāra (Mind-Only) school.

A. Lankāvatāra Sutra
The Lankāvatāra Sutra is a key Mahayana Buddhist scripture known for its teachings on mind-only philosophy, Buddha-nature, and the importance of direct experiential realization over conceptual understanding.
B. Mūlamadhyamakakārikā
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā is a foundational Buddhist philosophical treatise that systematically expounds the Madhyamaka doctrine of emptiness and the middle way.
C. Yogavarttika
Yogavarttika is a seminal Sanskrit commentary on Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras that offers a detailed and philosophically rich exposition of classical Yoga, traditionally attributed to the scholar Vijnanabhikshu.
D. Vajrasekhara Sutra
The Vajrasekhara Sutra is a key esoteric Buddhist tantra that, together with the Mahavairocana Sutra, forms a primary doctrinal foundation for Shingon Buddhism’s ritual and cosmological system.
E. Tathāgatagarbha sutras
The Tathāgatagarbha sutras are a group of Mahayana Buddhist scriptures that teach all beings possess an innate Buddha-nature, emphasizing the inherent potential for enlightenment.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Buddhist treatise ⓘ Mahāyāna text ⓘ Yogācāra text ⓘ śāstra ⓘ
associatedSchool	Vijñānavāda ⓘ Yogācāra ⓘ
associatedWith	Mind-Only school ⓘ linked to: Yogācāra
attributedTo	Maitreya-nātha ⓘ linked to: Maitreya
containsSection	Bodhisattvabhūmi ⓘ linked to: Yogācārabhūmi Śāstra Manobhūmi ⓘ Pratyekabuddhabhūmi ⓘ Samādhibhūmi (section on meditative absorptions) ⓘ Saṃgrahaṇī sections ⓘ Viniścayasaṃgrahaṇī ⓘ Śrāvakabhūmi ⓘ Śīlapaṭala (section on discipline) ⓘ
disputedAuthorship	true ⓘ
focusesOn	analysis of mental factors (caittas) ⓘ gradual stages of the path (bhūmi) ⓘ yogic practice and meditation stages ⓘ
genre	Abhidharma-style compendium ⓘ meditation manual ⓘ philosophical treatise ⓘ
hasTranslationIn	Classical Chinese ⓘ Tibetan ⓘ
influenced	Consciousness-only thought in China ⓘ East Asian Yogācāra ⓘ linked to: Yogācāra Faxiang school ⓘ Indian Buddhist monastic curricula ⓘ Tibetan scholasticism ⓘ
language	Sanskrit ⓘ
length	massive ⓘ
mainDoctrine	Vijñaptimātra (representation-only) ⓘ linked to: Vijñānavāda Yogācāra ⓘ storehouse consciousness (ālaya-vijñāna) ⓘ linked to: Storehouse consciousness (ālaya-vijñāna) three natures (trisvabhāva) ⓘ
mainTopic	Buddhist path ⓘ bodhisattva path ⓘ meditation theory ⓘ monastic discipline aspects ⓘ psychology of consciousness ⓘ
preservedIn	Chinese Buddhist canon ⓘ linked to: Chinese Buddhist Canon Tibetan Tengyur ⓘ
regardedAs	foundational Yogācāra compendium ⓘ systematic presentation of Yogācāra doctrine ⓘ
religiousTradition	Buddhism ⓘ
scripturalFamily	Mahāyāna Buddhism ⓘ linked to: Mahayana
structureType	encyclopedic ⓘ
timePeriod	4th century ⓘ Gupta period ⓘ linked to: Gupta period (approximate)
traditionalAuthor	Asaṅga ⓘ

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