Yogacara Literature

This page contains a sample selection of Yogacara and related literature which I've found to be helpful. In most cases, I've given the original
publication date for orientation purposes; later revised editions may also be available. Apart from these texts, there are substantial
resources available on the web which are too numerous to mention here specifically. Finally, for a comprehensive list of publications, see
the Bibliography of Yogacara Studies.

Abhidharmasamuccaya: The Compendium of the Higher Teaching by Asanga, translated into French by Walpola Rahula, 1971, English
version by Sarah Boin-Webb, Asian Humanities Press, 2001.

A Buddhist Doctrine of Experience. A New Translation and Interpretation of the Works of Vasubandhu the Yogacarin by Thomas A.
Kochumuttom, Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, 1982.

A Comprehensive Commentary on the Heart Sutra (Prajnaparamita-Hrdaya-Sutra) (BDK English Tripitaka) translated from the Chinese of
K'uei-chi (Taisho Volume 33, Number 1710) by Heng-ching Shih in collaboration with Dan Lusthaus, Numata Center for Buddhist Translation
and Research, 2001.

Buddhist Phenomenology. A Philosophical Investigation of Yogacara Buddhism and the Ch'eng Wei-shih lun by Dan Lusthaus, Routeledge
Curzon, 2002.

Buddhist Philosophy: Essential Readings edited by William Edelglass and Jay L. Garfield, Oxford University Press, 2009.

Buddhist Studies: The Legacy of Gadjin M. Nagao. Wisdom, Compassion and the Search for Understanding edited by Jonathan A. Silk,
University of Hawai'i Press, 2000.

Buddhist Yoga. A Comprehensive Course translated by Thomas Cleary, Shambhala Publications, Inc., 1995.
English translation of the Samdinirmocana Sutra. Not up to par with the translations of Powers (1995) or Keenan (2000).

Foundations of Dharmakirti's Philosophy by John D. Dunne, Wisdom Publications, 2004.

Maitreya's Distinguishing Phenomena and Pure Being (Dharmadharmatavibhaga) with commentary by Mipham translated by Jim Scott
under the guidance of Khenpo Tsültrim Gyamtso Rinpoche. Snow Lion Publications, 2004.

Hermeneutics and Tradition in the Samdhinirmocana-sutra by John Powers, Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, 1993.

Jokei and Buddhist Devotion in Early Medieval Japan by James L. Ford, Oxford University Press, 2006.

Living Yogacara. An Introduction to Consciousness-Only Buddhism by Tagawa Shun'ei. Translation and Introduction by Charles Muller,
Wisdom Publications, 2009.

Madhyamika and Yogacara. A Study of Mahayana Philosophies by Gadjin M. Nagao, translated by Leslie S. Kawamura, State University of
New York Press, Albany, 1991.

Mahayana Buddhist Meditation. Theory and Practice edited by Minoru Kiyota, University of Hawai'i Press, 1978.

Middle Beyond Extremes. Maitreya's Madhyantavibhaga with commentaries by Khenpo Shenga and Ju Mipham translated by the
Dharmachakra Translation Committee. Snow Lion Publications, 2006.

On Knowing Reality. The Tattvartha Chapter of Asanga's Bodhisattvabhumi. Translated with an Introduction, Commentary, and Notes by
Janice Dean Willis, Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, 1982.

Pruning the Bodhi Tree. The Storm Over Critical Buddhism edited by Jamie Hubbard and Paul L. Swanson, University of Hawai'i Press,
1997.

Seven Works of Vasubandhu. The Buddhist Psychological Doctor by Stefan Anacker, Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, 1984.

The Bodhisattva Doctrine in Buddhist Sanskrit Literature by Har Dayal, Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, 1932.

The Continuity of Madhyamaka and Yogacara in Indian Mahayana Buddhismby Ian Charles Harris, Brill's Indological Library, 1991.

The Scripture on the Explication of Underlying Meaning (BDK English Tripitaka) translated by John P. Keenan, Numata Center for Buddhist
Translation and Research, 2000.
English translation of Xuanzang's (Hsüan-tsang's) Chinese version of the Sanskrit Samdinirmocana Sutra.

The Summary of the Great Vehicle (BDK English Tripitaka) by Asanga, translated by John P. Keenan, Numata Center for Buddhist
Translation and Research, 1992.
English translation of Paramartha's Chinese version of the Sanskrit Mahayanasamgraha by Asanga.

Three Texts on Consciousness Only (BDK English Tripitaka) by Hsüan-tsang and Vasubandhu, translated by Francis Harold Cook, Numata
Center for Buddhist Translation and Research, 1999.
English translation of the Cheng Weishi Lun (Ch'eng Wei-shih lun) by Xuanzang (Hsüan-tsang) as well as English translations of Xuanzang's
Chinese versions of the Sanskrit Trimsika and Vimsatika by Vasubandhu.

Wisdom of Buddha. The Samdhinirmocana Sutra translated by John Powers, Dharma Publishing, 1995.
English translation from a Tibetan version of the Sanskrit Samdinirmocana Sutra.

Last updated: 20 December 2010