Ramblings of a Monk

This is a series of English translation of the Yogacara bumi* sastra. Also known as the 17 foundations commentary, it describes the path from an unenlightened worldling to that of an enlightened one, covering the Samadhi foundation, Practice foundation, Sravaka foundation, Paccekabuddha path and Bodhisattva foundation.

This translation is strictly for my personal reference and usage and is not ready or meant for public consumption. It is a work in progress and goes according to the sections that I’m currently learning. I will also focus more on the Samadhi, Practice and Sravaka foundations and proceed to the others only at the later stages.

If you have additional information you would like to share, feel free to email me or leave a comments. Note that submitting comments do not guarantee admission, but once submitted, the comments are donated to Public Domain. This means that others can copy and reuse whatever comments you post here and derive further works or learnings from it without restrictions. They are not however, allowed to pass it off as their own and should credit you accordingly. Granted, this is kind of tricky, since our learnings in Buddhism are all derived from the Buddha right?

Anyway, let me know ya? And if there are sections that you wish to explore or hope to see translated earlier, let me know as well.

Practise well and may we attain Final Liberation in this life!

Note: * Some translations uses bhumi instead. Either cases mean “earth, ground or foundation”.