Kuiji

Kuiji 窺基
File:Jion Daishi.jpg Portrait of Jion Daishi (Kuiji), colour on silk, at Yakushi-ji (NT)
Personal
Born	632 Chang'an, China
Died	682 (aged 50)
Religion	Buddhism
School	East Asian Yogācāra
Senior posting
Teacher	Xuanzang

Kuījī (simplified Chinese: 窥基; traditional Chinese: 窺基; 632–682), also known as Ji (Chinese: 基), an exponent of Yogācāra, was a Chinese monk and a prominent disciple of Xuanzang. His posthumous name was 慈恩大師 Cí'ēn dàshī, The Great Teacher of Cien Monastery, after the 大慈恩寺 or Great Monastery of Compassionate Grace, which was located in Changan, the main capital of the Tang Dynasty. The Giant Wild Goose Pagoda (Dayanta 大雁塔) was built in 大慈恩寺 in 652.

Kuiji's commentaries on the Cheng weishi lun and his original treatise on Yogācāra, the Fayuan yilin chang 大乘法苑義林章 ("Essays on the Forest of Meanings in the Mahāyāna Dharma Garden" became foundations of the Weishi or Faxiang School.

The Faxiang School consider Kuiji to be their first patriarch.

Works

Commentaries

• Amitābha and Maitreya Sūtras
• Diamond Sūtra
• Heart Sūtra (般若波羅蜜多心經幽贊). Translated by Shih and Lusthaus (2006).
• Lotus Sūtra (Saddharmapuṇḍarīka-sūtra)(妙法蓮華經玄贊)
• Vimalakīrtinirdeśa-sūtra (說無垢稱經疏)

Buddhist logic

• Buddhist logic - Great Commentary on the Nyayapravesa ( 因明入正理論疏)

Commentaries specific to Yogacara

• Madhyāntavibhāga ( 辯中邊論述記)
• Sthiramati's Commentary on Asaṅga's Abhidharmasamuccaya (雜集論述記)
• Vasubandhu's Twenty Verses (Viṃśatikā)(唯識二十論述記)
• Vasubandhu's One Hundred Dharmas Treatise ( 大乘百法明門論解)
• Yogācārabhūmi ( 瑜伽師地論略纂)

References

• Shih, Heng-Ching & Lusthaus, Dan. (2006) A Comprehensive Commentary on the Heart Sutra (Prajnaparamita-hyrdaya-sutra). Numata Center for Buddhist Translation & Research.
• Lusthaus, Dan (undated). Quick Overview of the Faxiang School 法相宗. Source: [2] (accessed: December 12, 2007)