Kuiji

Kuiji (; 632–682), also known as Ji (), an exponent of Yogācāra, was a Chinese monk and a prominent disciple of Xuanzang. His posthumous name was Ci'en Dashi (), the Great Teacher of Cien Monastery, after the Daci'en Temple or Great Monastery of Compassionate Grace, which was located in Chang'an, the main capital of the Tang Dynasty. The Giant Wild Goose Pagoda was built in Daci'en Temple in 652. According to biographies, he was sent to the imperial translation bureau headed by Xuanzang, from whom he later would learn Sanskrit, Abhidharma, and Yogācāra.

Kuiji collaborated closely with Xuanzang on the Cheng weishi lun, a redacted translation of commentaries on Vasubandhu's Triṃśikā-vijñaptimātratā. Kuiji's commentaries on the former text, the Cheng weishi lun shuji, along with his original treatise on Yogācāra, the Dasheng Fayuan yilin chang (; "Essays on the Forest of Meanings in the Mahāyāna Dharma Garden") became foundations of the Faxiang School, the dominant school of Yogācāra thought in East Asia. He is accordingly considered the founder of this school which differed notably from Paramārtha's earlier Chinese Yogācāra system. Kuiji is also known for his commentaries on Dharmapāla's Yogācāra philosophy.

Works

Essays

• Forest of Meanings in the Mahāyāna Dharma Garden (大乘法苑義林章 Taishō no. 1861 in Vol. 45)

Mahayana Sutra Commentaries

• Commentary on the Amitâbha Sutra (阿彌陀經疏, Taishō 1757 in Vol. 37)
• Explanation of the SÅ«tra on the Contemplation of the Bodhisattva Maitreyaʼs Ascent to Rebirth in Tuá¹£ita Heaven (觀彌勒上生兜率天經賛, Taishō 1772)
• Commentary on the Diamond SÅ«tra (金剛般若經賛述, Taishō no. 1700)
• Commentary on the Heart SÅ«tra ()
• Commentary on the Lotus SÅ«tra (妙法蓮華經玄賛, Taishō no. 1723 in Vol. 34, "Profound Panegyric to the Lotus SÅ«tra")
• Commentary on the VimalakÄ«rtinirdeśa-sÅ«tra ()

Pramana

• Great Commentary on the Nyayapravesa ()

Commentaries on Yogacara treatises

• Cheng weishi lun shuji (成唯識 論述記; Taishō no. 1830, vol. 43, 229a-606c), a commentary on Xuanzang's Cheng weishi lun
• Madhyānta-vibhāga ()
• Sthiramati's Commentary on Asaṅga's Abhidharmasamuccaya ()
• Vasubandhu's Twenty Verses (Viṃśatikā) ()
• Vasubandhu's One Hundred Dharmas Treatise ()
• YogācārabhÅ«mi ()

Notes

References

• Shih, Heng-Ching & Lusthaus, Dan. (2006) A Comprehensive Commentary on the Heart Sutra (Prajnaparamita-hyrdaya-sutra). Numata Center for Buddhist Translation & Research.
• Lusthaus, Dan (undated). Quick Overview of the Faxiang School (). Source: http://www.acmuller.net/yogacara/schools/faxiang.html (accessed: December 12, 2007)
• Katsura, Shoryu (2014). The Theory of Apoha in Kuiji’s "Cheng weishi lun Shuji" (Katsura, Shoryu). In Lin, Chen-kuo, Radich, Michael (eds), A Distant Mirror - Articulating Indic Ideas in Sixth and Seventh Century Chinese Buddhism, Hamburg Buddhist Studies vol. 3, Hamburg University Press. pp. 101–120