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Vasubandhu
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A Collection of Verses from Treatises — VasubandhuA short anthology of Buddhist verses compiled by Vasubandhu, gathering core teachings from across the canon — the Triple Refuge, the Prātimokṣa summary, the impermanence verse from the parinirvāṇa, and the four ends — into a single devotional sequence. First English translation from the Tibetan (Tengyur D4102).Advice on Ethics — VasubandhuA short Buddhist verse epistle on ethical discipline by Vasubandhu, comparing the superiority of moral conduct over generosity — from the ocean-and-hoofprint to the supreme medicine for the boundless ocean of death. First English translation from the Tibetan (Tengyur D4164).Advice Universally Proclaiming the Seven Good Qualities — VasubandhuVasubandhu's discourse on the seven good qualities of fortunate human birth and their karmic causes. First English translation.Concise Meaning of the Verses from Treatises — VasubandhuVasubandhu's own commentary on the Collection of Verses from Treatises (D4102), explaining how each verse distills the essential Dharma. First English translation from the Dege Tengyur. Partial — verse commentaries 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, and 21 of twenty-one.Discourse on Moral Discipline — VasubandhuEleven verses by Vasubandhu on the supremacy of moral discipline over generosity — medicine for illness, lamp in darkness, vessel crossing the ocean of death. First English translation.Discourse on the Accumulations — VasubandhuVasubandhu's practical bodhisattva guide to accumulating merit and wisdom — offering body and life for all beings, taking on others' suffering, meditating on the six realms, and entering dependent origination. A 27-verse epistle that maps the entire bodhisattva path from daily aspiration to omniscience. First English translation from the Degé Tengyur (D4166).Discourse on the Seven Qualities — VasubandhuVasubandhu's teaching on the seven qualities praised in the sūtras — long life, health, beauty, good fortune, noble birth, wealth, and wisdom — and the karmic causes that produce each. First English translation from Tibetan.Explanation of a Single Verse — VasubandhuVasubandhu's commentary on a single verse declaring the Buddha's incomparability — a cosmological tour from earth to the heavens, demonstrating that no being in any realm equals the Bhagavan. First English translation from Tibetan.Explanation of the Dharani of the Six Gates — VasubandhuVasubandhu's concise commentary on the Dhāraṇī of the Six Gates — the six bodhisattva practices leading to omniscience, their antidotes, and their benefits. Translated from Classical Tibetan for the first time.Extensive Commentary on the Recollection of the Buddha — VasubandhuVasubandhu's systematic commentary on the nine epithets of the Buddha recollection formula, revealing the architecture of awakening within a devotional practice, extending to the doctrine of the Three Bodies. First English translation from Tibetan.On the Dangers of the Five Sense Pleasures — VasubandhuVasubandhu's sharp Buddhist parable of the five animals — deer, elephant, moth, fish, and bee — each destroyed by a single sense pleasure. If one sense kills an animal, what chance has a human beset by all five? First English translation from the Tibetan (Tengyur D4180).