Faxiang zong

The Faxiang zong ( Chinese  法相 宗 , Pinyin Fǎxiāng zōng , W.-G. Fa-hsiang tsung ) the » School of Characteristics « (Sanskrit: Dharmalakṣaṇa ) is the school of Chinese Buddhism founded in the 7th century .

Her teachings are based on the thought of Vijñānavāda , according to which all appearances are only unreal or deceptive projections of the mind ( cittamātra ) . The school went out in the 9th century, but found its way to Japan , where it lived on as Hossō (Hossō-shu) .

bibliography

• Buswell, Robert E., Lopez, Donald S. Jr. (2014). The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism, Princeton: Princeton University Press, pp. 297-298
• Chen, Jinhua (2005). Fazang: The Holy Man ( Memento of March 21, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies 28 (1), 11–84
• Tagawa, Shun'ei (2009). Living Yogacara: An Introduction to Consciousness-Only Buddhism. Wisdom Publications

Web links

• Dan Lusthaus: “ Quick Overview of the Faxiang School 法相 宗 ”