Vasubandhu
4th/5th century Indian Buddhist monk
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He moved between Buddhist schools like a philosopher testing every assumption, then landed on a metaphysics that said the world you see is appearance only — a position still argued over as idealism, phenomenology, or something closer to Kant than Asia usually gets credit for.
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Vasubandhu wrote as a monk and scholar in fourth- to fifth-century India, first from within the Sarvastivada and Sautrāntika schools, producing his Abhidharmakośakārikā, a commentary on the Treasury of the Abhidharma that became the go-to text for non-Mahayana Abhidharma philosophy across Tibet and East Asia. After converting to Mahayana Buddhism alongside his half-brother Asanga, he co-founded the Yogacara school and developed the doctrine of vijñapti-mātra — "appearance only" — a metaphysical stance on perception and reality. He also wrote commentaries, works on logic and argumentation, and…
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