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Vasubandhu ( Sanskrit . Chinese 世親. Korean 세친) was an Indian Buddhist scholar-monk, and along with his half-brother Asanga , one of the main founders of the Indian Yogācāra school. Vasubandhu is one of the most influential figures in the entire history of Buddhism . Born in Gandhāra in the fourth century, he was at first a Sarvāstivādin when he initially studied Sarvāstivādin Abhidharma , as presented in the Mahā-vibhāsa . Dissatified with those teachings, he wrote the '' Abhidharmakośa '' in verse and his auto-commentary, the ''Abhidharmakośa-bhāsya'', an important summary and critique of the ''Mahāvibhāsa'' from the Sautrāntrika viewpoint. He later converted to Mahāyāna and composed many other voluminous treatises, especially on Yogācāra doctrines. Most influential in the East Asian Buddhist tradition was probably the ''Trimśikā'', the Thirty Verses On Representation-only and its companion ''Vimśatikā'', but he also wrote a large number of other works, including:
Some modern scholars, notably Frauwallner, have sought to distinguish two Vasubandhus, one the Yogācārin and the other a Sautrāntika, but this view should probably be rejected now on the basis of the anonymous ''Abhidharma-dīpa'', a critique of the '' Abhidharmakośa '' which clearly identifies Vasubandhu as the sole author of both groups of writings. REFERENCES
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