Dear Matthew and all,

You were not asking about English translations of the Trisvabhāvanirdeśa, but I will nonetheless list the eight that I know of, in case you or anyone else knows of any other one(s). Also, regarding Sanskrit editions of the Trisvabhāva-nirdeśa, I have never been able to obtain the first one ever published, edited by Susumu Yamaguchi. It is said to be in Shūkyō Kenkyū, volume 8, March-May 1931, pp. 121-130, 186-207. One of the few complete sets of this journal found in the U.S.A. is at the University of Wisconsin library. I have checked this volume in person on two or three different occasions, and did not find it there. I do not know what I am doing wrong (I do not know any Japanese). I do have Yamaguchi's revised 1972 edition, but would still like to get his original 1931 edition.

    1. Mukhopadhyaya, Sujitkumar. The Trisvabhāvanirdeśa of Vasubandhu: Sanskrit Text and Tibetan Versions, edited with an English Translation, Introduction, and Vocabularies. Visvabharati Series, no. 4. Calcutta: Visvabharati, 1939. (incl. Skt.; incl. two Tib.).

    2. Kochumuttom, Thomas A. In A Buddhist Doctrine of Experience: A New Translation and Interpretation of the Works of Vasubandhu the Yogācārin, Chapter Three: “A Treatise on the Three Natures,” pp. 90-126 (spread out), and Appendix II, pp. 247-253 (altogether). Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1982.

    3. Tola, Fernando, and Carmen Dragonetti. “The Trisvabhāvakārikā of Vasubandhu.” Journal of Indian Philosophy, vol. 11, 1983, pp. 225-266. Revised reprint in Being as Consciousness: Yogācāra Philosophy of Buddhism, Part III, pp. 187-244 (“completely revised, corrected and augmented version,” p. 192). Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 2004. (incl. Skt.).

    4. Anacker, Stefan. In Seven Works of Vasubandhu: The Buddhist Psychological Doctor, “The Teaching of the Three Own-Beings,” pp. 287-297. Religions of Asia Series, no. 4. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1984. Corrected edition, 2002. Revised edition, 2005 (the pagination is unchanged). (incl. Skt., pp. 464-466).

    5. Wood, Thomas E. In Mind Only: A Philosophical and Doctrinal Analysis of the Vijñānavāda, “Tri-svabhāva-nirdeśa,” pp. 31-47. Monographs of the Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy, no. 9. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1991. (incl. Skt.).

    6. Garfield, Jay L. “Vasubandhu’s Treatise on the Three Natures translated from the Tibetan edition with a commentary.” Asian Philosophy, vol. 7, no. 2, 1997, pp. 133-154. Reprint in Empty Words: Buddhist Philosophy and Cross-Cultural Interpretation, chap. 7, pp. 128-151, notes on pp. 275-277. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. Reprint in Buddhist Philosophy: Essential Readings, ed. William Edelglass and Jay L. Garfield, chap. 3, pp. 35-45. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2009.

    7. Brunnhölzl, Karl. In Straight from the Heart: Buddhist Pith Instructions, “Instruction on the Three Natures,” pp. 43-53. Ithaca, N.Y.: Snow Lion Publications, 2007.

    8. Gold, Jonathan C. In Paving the Great Way: Vasubandhu’s Unifying Buddhist Philosophy, Appendix G: “The Three Natures Exposition,” pp. 244-248. New York: Columbia University Press, 2015.


Best regards,


David Reigle

Colorado, U.S.A.



On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 5:09 AM, Matthew Kapstein via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:
Dear friends,

The Trisvabhāvanirdeśa, attributed to Vasubandhu, has been
translated into English at least 6 times, at least twice into French,
and once each into Hindi, Spanish and Japanese. So far, however, I have
not located translations in German or other modern languages. If you
are aware of any such translations, I would be most grateful to learn of them.

with thanks in advance,
Matthew

Matthew Kapstein
Directeur d'études,
Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes

Numata Visiting Pro
fessor of Buddhist Studies,
The University of Chicago



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