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Review of the MSAB the YBS and Other Works of Asanga
This view-point of Asanga finds elucidation, though in a succinct form, in his commentary on the Vajracehedikā PP which, later on, formed the background for Dignaga's famous work on the PP (Prajñāpāramitāpiṇḍārtha).
Apart from their dhyanayoga and the philosphical, doctrinal and analytic view-points, the Vijñānavādins independently developed their theory of dharmas1 and other aspects of the Abhidharma. The Asm. contains a comprehensive account of the Yogacara dharma-theory and other aspects of philosophy that are akin to those accepted by the Abhidharmika systems.
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This work is also regarded as the summary-treatment of the main topics discussed in the SBh. and some other bhumis of the YBS, which is a mine of information for the student of Buddhist Yoga, Abhidharma and Mahāyāna practices. This treatise contains four parts which are called 'samgrahani' or vastu, of which the available text of the seventeen bhumis forms only one sangrahaṇī or part. The other parts are not accessible to us and hence our knowledge remains incomplete with regard to the remaining portions of the text and its commentary by our author.
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It is with this view-point that Vasubandhu wrote a treatise entitled 'Satadharmavidyamukham' enumerating the hundred dharmas accepted by the Yogacārins.
2. त्रिधर्मः संग्रहः सम्प्रयोगोऽन्वयश्च लक्षणे, Asm., I; see, Ch. I (tridharma-pariccheda).
This fact is evidenced by a close comparision of the contents of the S. Bh. and the Asm.
On this point, side our Sanskrit भूमिका, the portion on भारतीययोगपरम्परासु श्रावकभूमेर्योगसम्भारः
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