VERSES DELINEATING THE EIGHT CONSCIOUSNESSES

By Tripitaka Master Hsuan-Tsang of the T'ang Dynasty

Translation and Explanation by Professor Ronald Epstein

CONTENTS:

I. INTRODUCTION

II. TRANSLATION

III. TEXT AND EXPLANATION

A. Explanation of the Title

B. The Author

C. The Text 

PART ONE: THE FIRST FIVE CONSCIOUSNESSES
PART TWO: THE SIXTH CONSCIOUSNESS
PART THREE: THE SEVENTH CONSCIOUSNESS
PART FOUR: THE EIGHTH CONSCIOUSNESS

IV. APPENDICES

A. DHARMAS INTERACTIVE WITH THE MIND AND THE EIGHT CONSCIOUSNESSES
B. GLOSSARY OF SPECIAL TERMS
C. CONSCIOUSNESS-ONLY SCHOOL LISTS
D. WORKS CITED

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