Vasubandhu ()

(Language: Sanskrit)

Short Description: In Buddhism, a major Mahayana teacher who laid the foundation of the Consciousness-Only school

Long Description: In Shin Buddhism, the second great teacher in Shinran’s lineage. A major Mahayana teacher who laid the foundation of the Consciousness-Only school. In Pure Land tradition his commentary to the Larger Pure Land Sutra is a central text. To Zen Buddhism, he is the 21st Patriarch. Vasubandhu lived in fourth or fifth century (CE) India.

Sources: The Essential Shinran: A Buddhist Path of True Entrusting