Brief Exposition of Dharma Characteristics Meaning (略述法相義)

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Japan · by 釋良光撰

39,351 · about 131 min

A Brief Exposition of the Dharmalakṣaṇa Doctrine is a Buddhist text composed by the Japanese Dharmalakṣaṇa school scholar-monk Shaku Ryōkō during the late Heian period. This work systematically expounds the core teachings of the Dharmalakṣaṇa school, focusing on key concepts in Vijñānavāda such as the theory of eight consciousnesses, the three natures, and the transformation of consciousness into wisdom. Its content is concise yet rigorously structured. As an important text of Japanese Dharmalakṣaṇa Buddhism, it inherits the Vijñānavāda thought of the Tang dynasty while incorporating Japanese Buddhist practice, serving as a key work for studying the spread of Vijñānavāda in East Asia. It holds significant academic value for understanding the doctrines of the Dharmalakṣaṇa school and the intellectual history of Japanese Buddhism.