Vasubandhu's Twenty Verses
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Vasubandhu's Twenty Verses (Viṃśatikā) is a short but influential Yogācāra text that develops the idea of vijñaptimātra, often translated as 'mere representation' or 'constructions only.
' It offers analytical and meditative arguments showing that what appear as external objects are inseparable from cognitive processes, aiming to undermine naive reification.
The work was central to later Yogācāra exegesis and became a touchstone for debates with non-Mahāyāna Abhidharma thinkers.
Commentarial traditions expanded its terse aphorisms into practical instructions for insight practice.
' It offers analytical and meditative arguments showing that what appear as external objects are inseparable from cognitive processes, aiming to undermine naive reification.
The work was central to later Yogācāra exegesis and became a touchstone for debates with non-Mahāyāna Abhidharma thinkers.
Commentarial traditions expanded its terse aphorisms into practical instructions for insight practice.
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William Waldron
William S. Waldron, "Making Sense of Mind Only: Why Yogacara Buddhism Matters" (Wisdom Publications, 2023)
