Hundred Dharmas Treatise: Illuminating the Hidden Commentary (百法論顯幽鈔)

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Song · by 從芳述

83,322 · about 278 min

"Commentary on the Profound Meaning of the Hundred Dharmas Treatise" by Cong Fangshu is a significant Song Dynasty commentary on Vasubandhu Bodhisattva's "Treatise on the Hundred Dharmas." Centered on the Consciousness-Only school, it systematically explains the terminology and principles of the five categories and one hundred dharmas, offering an in-depth analysis of the deep meanings of mind dharmas, mental factors, form dharmas, conditioned factors not associated with mind, and unconditioned dharmas. Created during the flourishing period of Chinese Buddhist doctrinal studies in the Song Dynasty, it reflects the revival of Consciousness-Only studies at the time. As an important introductory commentary on Consciousness-Only texts, it not only provides scholars with a clear theoretical framework but also holds a pivotal academic position in the transmission of the Chinese Buddhist Consciousness-Only school, serving as a key text for understanding the thought of Dharma-characteristics and Consciousness-Only.