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Vasubandhu  Term Image Script Image
(Language:  Sanskrit)
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Short Description: In Buddhism, a major Mahayana teacher who laid the foundation of the Consciousness-Only school.
Long Description: In Shin Buddhism, the second great teacher in Shinran’s lineage. A major Mahayana teacher who laid the foundation of the Consciousness-Only school. In Pure Land tradition his commentary to the Larger Pure Land Sutra is a central text. To Zen Buddhism, he is the 21st Patriarch. Vasubandhu lived in fourth or fifth century (C.E.) India.
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Source(s): The Essential Shinran: A Buddhist Path of True Entrusting
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Provided By: Dictionary of Spiritual Terms