Yogachara

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Also Known As	Vijnaptimatra • Vijnaptamentrates • Vijnanavada

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Fa-hsiang alaya-vijnana Hossō vijnanamatra Mahayana nāstika Tiantai Pure Land Buddhism Nichiren Buddhism Kegon Mādhyamika Yūzū Nembutsu Amidism Jainism Ajivika Kashmiri Shaivism

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Buddhism: Yogachara/Vijnanavada (Faxiang/Hossō)

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Asaṅga

Indian scholar

Paramārtha

Indian Buddhist missionary and translator