Table Of ContentAbhidharmakosa-Bha~ya
of V
ASUBANDHU
Volume IV
Abhidharmakosa-Bha~ya
of V
ASUBANDHU
The Treasury of the Abhidharma
and its (Auto) commentary
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Translated into French lYy
Louis LA Pouss1N
DE VALLEE
Annotated English Translation lYy
GELONG LODRO SANGPO
With a New Introduction lYy
BHIKKHU KL DHAMMAJOTI
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Volume IV
• Outline of Chapter Nine
• Chapter Nine: Treatise of the Refutation of the Person
(Pudgalaprati1edhaprakarar:ia)
• Endnotes to Chapter Nine
• Bibliography
o A. Selected primary sources (Sanskrit, Pali, Chinese, TibetanJ
o Indices
o Selected secondary sources
• Indices
o Sanskrit-English Index-Glossary
o English-Sanskrit Index-Glossary
o Gathiis and Karikas
o Fragments of Sutras and Sastras
o Name Index: Siitras, Books, Scholars, Schools, etc.
Chapter Nine:
Treatise of the Refutation of the Person
(Pudgalaprati~edhaprakara,:ia)
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Outline of Chapter Nine:
Treatise of the Refutation of the Person
(Pudgalaprati~edhaprakara,:za)
1. Vasubandhu's theory ofpersons ..................................................................................... 2523
1.1. Vasubandhu's theory of persons vs. non-Buddhist doctrines of self &
the impossibility of liberation in other doctrines .................................................. 2523
1.2. Vasubandhu's middle way argument for his theory ofpersons ............................ 2524
2. Vasubandhu's objections to the Viitsiputriyas' theory of persons ................................. 2525
2.1. The Viitsiputriyas' existence thesis & Vasubandhu's first objection to
their. theory of persons: two realities ..................................................................... 2525
2.1.1. The Viitsiputriyas' inexplicability thesis and aggregate-reliant
identity thesis ............................................................................................. 2526
2.1.2. Vasubandhu's objection from the point of view of the causal
reference principle ..................................................................................... 2526
2.1.3. The Viitsiputriyas' fire and fuel reply: three basic theses ......................... 2527
2.1.4. The Viitsiputriyas' middle way argument .................................................. 2527
2.1.5. The conventional definition of fire and fuel & Vasubandhu's
first three objections to the fire and fuel reply .......................................... 2527
2.2. The Viitsiputriyas' inexplicability thesis & Vasubandhu's
second objection to their theory of persons: the fifth.'category objection ............. 2530
2.3. Vasubandhu's third objection to the Viitsiputriyas' theory of persons:
the perceptual dilemma objection ........................... , ............................................. 2530
2.4. The Viitsiputriyas' explanation of aggregate-reliant identity &
Vasubandhu's two objections ............................................................................... 2531
2.5. The Viitsiputriyas' account of how we are known to exist by
the six consciousnesses ......................................................................................... 2531
2.5.1. Vasubandhu's first objection to the account: the objection
from knowledge of the existence of milk .................................................. 2532
2.5.2. Vasubandhu's second objection to the account: the objection
to the knowledge thesis .............................................................................. 2532
2.5.3. Vasubandhu's objection to the account from its incompatibility
with the Buddha's teachings onperception ............................................... 2534
2.5.4. Vasubandhu's objection to the account from its incompatibility
with the Buddha's enumerations of objects that are known to exist ......... 2536
2.5.5. Vasub~ndhu's objection to the account from its incompatibility
with the Buddha's teaching on the selflessness of a sense-faculty
of perception .............................................................................................. 2536
2.6. Vasubandhu's scriptural objections (seven passages) to the Viitsiputriyas'
theory of persons .................................................................................................... 2537
2.7. The charge of inconsistency with doctrines in satras the Viitsiputriyas
themselves accept as authoritative ..................................... ;. ................................. 2540
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3. The Vatsiputriyas' objections to Vasubandhu's own theory of persons &
Vasubandhu's replies ...................................................................................................... 2542
3.1. First of five undesirable consequences of Vasubandhu' s
theory of persons: the Vatsiputriyas' objection from
the impossibility of omniscience & Vasubandhu's reply ..................................... 2542
3.2. Second of five undesirable consequences of Vasubandhu's
theory of persons: the Vatsiputriyas' objection from
the passage on the bearer of the burden & Vasubandhu's
three arguments reply ............................................................................................ 2543
3 .3. First of three undesirable consequences of Vasubandhu 's
denial of the Vatsiputrlyas' theory of persons: the Vatsiputriyas'
objection from spontaneous birth & Vasubandhu's reply .................................... 2545
3.4. Third of five undesirable consequences of Vasubandhu's
theory of persons: the Vatsiputriyas' objection of one and many ........................ 2545
3.5. Fourth of five undesirable consequences of Vasubandhu's
theory of persons: the Vatsiputriyas' objection from
the Fortunate One's rejection of the otherness and
sameness question & Vasubandhu's reply ............................................................ 2548
3.6. Second of three undesirable consequences of Vasubandhu's
denial of the Vatsiputriyas' theory of persons: the Vatsiputrlyas'
objection from the Buddha's rejection of nihilism & Vasubandhu's reply .......... 2554
3. 7. Third of three undesirable consequences of Vasu bandhu 's
denial of the Vatsiputriyas' theory of persons: the Vatsiputriyas'
objection from the need for a basis for the coming to be and
passing away of aggregates & Vasubandhu's reply .............................................. 2554
3.8 Fifth of five undesirable consequences ofVasubandhu's theory:
the Vatsiputrlyas' objection from the Buddha's reference to
himself in a past life & Vasubandhu's reply ......................................................... 2555
3.9. Vasubandhu's objection: the Vii.tsiputriyas' theory of persons
makes liberation impossible, and his rejection of a reply to this objection .......... 2555
3.10. Vasubandhu's claim to present the middle way between
the extreme theories propounded by the Vii.tsiputrTyas and Nii.garjuna ................ 2556
4. The Vatsiputrlyas' and non-Buddhists' objections to Vasubandhu's
own theory of persons & Vasubandhu's replies ............................................................. 2557
4.0. Why in addition the non-Buddhists' views must be considered ........................... 2557
4.1. The opponents' objection: If there is no self and thoughts
are momentary, an account of the arising of a memory or
recognition of an object is not possible & Vasubandhu's reply:
no-self account of memory .................................................................................... 2558
4.2. The opponents' objection: Vasubandhu's denial of the existence
of a self implies that there is no agent of remembering &
Vasubandhu's reply ............................................................................................... 2560
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4.3. The opponents' objection: Vasubandhu's denial of the existence
of a self implies that memory and consciousness are without
an owner or possessor & Vasubandhu's reply ...................................................... 2560
4.4. The opponents' objection: A self is needed to explain the occurrence
of a consciousness of an object & Vasubandhu's reply ........................................ 2562
4.5. The opponents' objection: If we are not selves, we cannot walk &
Vasubandhu's reply ................................................................, . .............................. 2563
4.6. The opponents' objection: Vasubandhu makes consciousness
into a self by making it an agent of the activity of apprehending
an object & Vasubandhu's reply ........................................................................... 2563
4.7. The opponents' objection: If thoughts arise from other thoughts,
the same kinds of thoughts always arise or they arise in
a fixed order & Vasubandhu's reply ..................................................................... 2565
4.8. The Vaise~ikas' objection: A self is needed as a basis for thoughts &
Vasubandhu's reply ............................................................................................... 2571
4.9. The Vaise~ikas' objection: Without a self there is nothing
for the sake of which action is undertaken & Vasubandhu's reply ...................... 2571
4.10. The Vaise~ikas' objection: Without a self to possess it there
can be no mind that conceives an "I"-& Vasubandhu's reply ............................... 2573
4.11. The Vaise~ikas' objection: Sensations cannot exist unless
there is a self as a basis from which they arise & Vasubandhu's reply ................ 2573
4.12. The Vaise~ikas' objection: Without a self there is no agent of
actions or subject that experiences their results & Vasubandhu's reply ............... 2573
4.13. The Vaise~ikas' objection: The existence of a self is required
to explain why wholesome or unwholesome actions do
not ripen in factors non-indicative of sentient beings;
beings not in sarp.siira do not accumulate merit and demerit
in the way that beings in sarp.siira do & Vasubandhu's reply ............................... 2575
4.14. The Vaise~ikas' objection: A past action cannot produce
a future effect if there is no self & Vasubandhu's reply ....................................... 2576
5. Concluding verses ........................................................................................................... 2580
