Summary of the Mahayana

Asanga

Summary of the Mahayana (Skt. Mahāyāasaṃgraha; Wyl. theg pa chen po bsdus pa) is a text by Asanga outlining the basic tenets of the Yogachara tradition.

Translations

• Keenan, John P., trans. The Summary of the Great Vehicle by Bodhisattva Asaṅga (Translated from the Chinese of Paramārtha). Berkeley, CA: Numata Center for Buddhist Translation and Research, 1992.
• Lamotte, Étienne, ed. and trans. La Somme du Grand Véhicule d’Asaṅga (Mahāyāasaṃgraha), Vol. 1: Version tibétaine et chinoise (Hiuan-tsang); Vol. 2: Traduction et commentaire. Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, 1938–39. Reprint, 1973.
• Paul J. Griffiths, Noriaki Hakamaya, John Keenan and Paul Swanson, The Realm of Awakening: Chapter Ten of Asaṅga 's Mahāyāasaṃgraha, Oxford University Press (New York 1989).