Commentary on the Mahayana Vijnaptimatrata Sutra

Contents

Chapter One: The Causes and Conditions of the Youth Xianhu's Request for Dharma Section One: The Youth Bhadrapāla Comes to the Buddha's Lecture Hall Section 2: The Youthful Bhadrapāla, Blessed by the Buddha, Requests the Dharma Section 3: The Pure Youth Bhadrapāla and the Fruit of Merit in the Present Life Section 4: The Meritorious Karma Cultivated by Bhadrapāla the Kumāra in Past Lives Chapter Two: How Does the Ālayavijñāna Migrate the Body and Receive a Body Section One: Xianhu Asks About the Question of the Ālayavijñāna Migrating Between Bodies Section 2: How the Ālayavijñāna Receives Another Body Section 3: Bhadrapāla Asks Why Sentient Beings Receive the Karmic Rewards of Meritorious Formations in Future Lives Section 4: The Operation of the Ālayavijñāna Is Like the Wind Element Section 5: The Ālayavijñāna Receives the Body of Future Lives, Like the Wind Element Blowing a Flower Chapter 3: How Are the Functions of the Ālayavijñāna Manifested? Section One: The Ālayavijñāna Transfers the Body, Manifesting Like a Face Appearing on a Mirror Section 2: The Characteristics (ākāra) of the Ālayavijñāna Section 3: The Ālayavijñāna Transfers the Body Like the Wind Element Chapter 4: Consciousness Enters the Womb, Enters Fragrance, Enters Oil Chapter 5: Consciousness Generates the Five Aggregates Like a Seed Sprouting Chapter Six: The Karmic Retribution of Consciousness Is Like Taking Good Medicine, Like a Strong Rider on Horseback Chapter Seven: Consciousness Is Formless and Cannot Be Seen by the Eye Chapter Eight: The Cause of Desire and the Cause of Grasping at Precepts (śīlavrata-parāmarśa) Chapter 9: How Can the Subtle Consciousness Sustain Bodies Great and Small Chapter 10: How Do Sentient Beings Ascend to the Heavens and Enter the Hells Chapter Eleven: Bhadrapāla's Final Request for Dharma to Benefit the Assembly