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Maitreya-nātha (c. 270–350 CE) is a name whose use was pioneered by Buddhist scholars Erich Frauwallner, Giuseppe Tucci, and Hakuju Ui to distinguish one of the three founders of the Yogachara school of Buddhist philosophy, along with Asanga and Vasubandhu.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 31 relations: Abhisamayalankara, Asanga, Ayodhya, Bodhisattva, Buddha-nature, Buddhahood, Buddhist philosophy, Chinese Buddhism, Dharma-dharmata-vibhaga, Erich Frauwallner, Fyodor Shcherbatskoy, Gareth Sparham, Giuseppe Tucci, Hanshan Deqing, Li (unit), Madhyamaka, Madhyanta-vibhaga-karika, Mahayana-sutra-alamkara-karika, Mahāyānasaṃgraha, Maitreya, Meditation, Ming dynasty, Prajnaparamita, Ratnagotravibhāga, Samadhi, Tibetan Buddhism, Tushita, Vasubandhu, Xuanzang, Yogachara, Yogācārabhūmi-Śāstra.

  2. 350 deaths
  3. 3rd-century Buddhist monks
  4. 4th-century Buddhist monks
  5. Maitreya
  6. Yogacara scholars

Abhisamayalankara

The "Ornament of/for Realization", abbreviated AA, is one of five Sanskrit-language Mahayana śastras which, according to Tibetan tradition, Maitreya revealed to Asaṅga in northwest India circa the 4th century AD.

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Asanga

Asaṅga (Sanskrit: असंग,,; Romaji: Mujaku) (fl. 4th century C.E.) was one of the most important spiritual figures of Mahayana Buddhism and the founder of the Yogachara school. Maitreya-nātha and Asanga are 4th-century Buddhist monks, Indian scholars of Buddhism and Yogacara scholars.

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Ayodhya

Ayodhya is a city situated on the banks of the Sarayu river in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

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Bodhisattva

In Buddhism, a bodhisattva (English:; translit) or bodhisatva is a person who is on the path towards bodhi ('awakening') or Buddhahood.

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Buddha-nature

In Buddhist philosophy, Buddha-nature (Chinese: (佛性, Japanese:, Sanskrit) is the innate potential for all sentient beings to become a Buddha or the fact that all beings already have a pure buddha-essence within.Heng-Ching Shih, "Buddha-nature" is the common English translation for several related Mahayana Buddhist terms, most notably tathāgatagarbha and buddhadhātu, but also sugatagarbha, and buddhagarbha.

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Buddhahood

In Buddhism, Buddha (Pali, Sanskrit: 𑀩𑀼𑀤𑁆𑀥, बुद्ध, "awakened one") is a title for those who are spiritually awake or enlightened, and have thus attained the supreme goal of Buddhism, variously described as pristine awareness, nirvana, awakening, enlightenment, and liberation or vimutti.

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Buddhist philosophy

Buddhist philosophy is the ancient Indian philosophical system that developed within the religio-philosophical tradition of Buddhism.

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Chinese Buddhism

Chinese Buddhism or Han Buddhism (p) is a Chinese form of Mahayana Buddhism which draws on the Chinese Buddhist canonJiang Wu, "The Chinese Buddhist Canon" in The Wiley Blackwell Companion to East and Inner Asian Buddhism, p. 299, Wiley-Blackwell (2014).

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Dharma-dharmata-vibhaga

Dharma-dharmatā-vibhāga (p; Distinguishing Dharmas and Dharmata) is a short Yogācāra work, attributed to Maitreya-nātha, which discusses the distinction and correlation (vibhāga) between phenomena (dharma) and reality (dharmatā); the work exists in both a prose and a verse version and survives only in Tibetan translation.

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Erich Frauwallner

Erich Frauwallner (December 28, 1898 – July 5, 1974) was an Austrian professor, a pioneer in the field of Buddhist studies.

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Fyodor Shcherbatskoy

Fyodor Ippolitovich Shcherbatskoy or Stcherbatsky (Фёдор Ипполи́тович Щербатско́й) (11 September (N.S.) 1866 – 18 March 1942), often referred to in the literature as F. Th.

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Gareth Sparham

Gareth Sparham is a scholar and translator in the field of Tibetan Buddhism.

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Giuseppe Tucci

Giuseppe Tucci (5 June 1894 – 5 April 1984) was an Italian orientalist, Indologist and scholar of East Asian studies, specializing in Tibetan culture and the history of Buddhism.

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Hanshan Deqing

Hānshān Déqīng (Wade Giles: Han-Shan Te-Ch’ing, "Crazy Mountain, Virtuous Clarity", c. 1546–1623), was a leading Buddhist monk and poet of the late Ming dynasty China.

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Li (unit)

Li (lǐ, or 市里, shìlǐ), also known as the Chinese mile, is a traditional Chinese unit of distance.

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Madhyamaka

Mādhyamaka ("middle way" or "centrism";; Tibetan: དབུ་མ་པ་; dbu ma pa), otherwise known as Śūnyavāda ("the emptiness doctrine") and Niḥsvabhāvavāda ("the no ''svabhāva'' doctrine"), refers to a tradition of Buddhist philosophy and practice founded by the Indian Buddhist monk and philosopher Nāgārjuna.

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Madhyanta-vibhaga-karika

The Madhyāntavibhāgakārikā (p), or Verses Distinguishing the Middle and the Extremes is a key work in Buddhist philosophy of the Yogacara school attributed in the Tibetan tradition to Maitreya-nātha and in other traditions to Asanga.

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Mahayana-sutra-alamkara-karika

Mahāyāna-sūtrālamkāra-kārikā (Verses on the Ornament of the Mahāyāna Sūtras) is a major work of Buddhist philosophy attributed to Maitreya-nātha which is said to have transmitted it to Asanga (ca. 320 to ca. 390 CE).

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Mahāyānasaṃgraha

The Mahāyānasaṃgraha (MSg) (Sanskrit; p, Tibetan: theg pa chen po bsdus pa), or the Mahāyāna Compendium/Summary, is a key work of the Yogācāra school of Mahāyāna Buddhist philosophy, attributed to Asanga (c. 310–390 CE).

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Maitreya

Maitreya (Sanskrit) or Metteyya (Pali), is a bodhisattva who is regarded as the future Buddha of this world in all schools of Buddhism, prophesied to become Maitreya Buddha or Metteyya Buddha.

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Meditation

Meditation is a practice in which an individual uses a technique to train attention and awareness and detach from reflexive, "discursive thinking," achieving a mentally clear and emotionally calm and stable state, while not judging the meditation process itself.

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Ming dynasty

The Ming dynasty, officially the Great Ming, was an imperial dynasty of China, ruling from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty.

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Prajnaparamita

A Tibetan painting with a Prajñāpāramitā sūtra at the center of the mandala Prajñāpāramitā (प्रज्ञापारमिता) means the "Perfection of Wisdom" or "Perfection of Transcendental Wisdom".

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Ratnagotravibhāga

The Ratnagotravibhāga (Sanskrit, abbreviated as RGV, meaning: Analysis of the Jeweled Lineage, Investigating the Jewel Disposition) and its vyākhyā commentary (abbreviated RGVV to refer to the RGV verses along with the embedded commentary), is an influential Mahāyāna Buddhist treatise on buddha-nature (a.k.a.

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Samadhi

Statue of a meditating Shiva, Rishikesh Samādhi (Pali and समाधि), in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism and yogic schools, is a state of meditative consciousness.

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Tibetan Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism is a form of Buddhism practiced in Tibet, Bhutan and Mongolia.

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Tushita

Tuṣita (Sanskrit) or Tusita (Pāli) is one of the six deva-worlds of the Desire Realm (Kāmadhātu), located between the Yāma heaven and the heaven.

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Vasubandhu

Vasubandhu (Tibetan: དབྱིག་གཉེན་; fl. 4th to 5th century CE) was an influential Buddhist monk and scholar from Gandhara or Central India. Maitreya-nātha and Vasubandhu are 4th-century Buddhist monks, Indian scholars of Buddhism and Yogacara scholars.

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Xuanzang

Xuanzang ((Hsüen Tsang); 6 April 6025 February 664), born Chen Hui / Chen Yi (/), also known by his Sanskrit Dharma name Mokṣadeva, was a 7th-century Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar, traveler, and translator. Maitreya-nātha and Xuanzang are Yogacara scholars.

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Yogachara

Yogachara (योगाचार, IAST) is an influential tradition of Buddhist philosophy and psychology emphasizing the study of cognition, perception, and consciousness through the interior lens of meditation, as well as philosophical reasoning (hetuvidyā).

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Yogācārabhūmi-Śāstra

The Yogācārabhūmi-Śāstra (YBh, Sanskrit; Treatise on the Foundation for Yoga Practitioners) is a large and influential doctrinal compendium, associated with Sanskritic Mahāyāna Buddhism (particularly Yogācāra).

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See also

350 deaths

3rd-century Buddhist monks

4th-century Buddhist monks

Maitreya

Yogacara scholars

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maitreya-nātha

Also known as Five Dharmas of Maitreya, Maitreya-natha, Maitreyanatha, Maitreyanātha.