Vasubandhu: the Brilliant Yogacara Thinker

by Peatra Babe through Professor Rev. Dr. James Kenneth Powell II, opensourcebuddhism.org This work depicts the great Mahayana Buddhist philosopher Vasubandhu, half-brother of Asanga. His subtle explanation of the nature of consciousness has been so influential in the Mahayana Buddhist world, especially in East Asia. He elucidates the 8 levels of consciousness including the first model of a sub-consciousness - almost two thousand years before Freud! The theories are older than that, but it took the brilliant Vasubandhu to codify and assemble everything so tightly and logically.