The Ijangui, or Doctrine of the Two Hindrances, is an in-depth treatise concerning the various theories developed on the doctrine of the

two hindrances 2 (two) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 1 and preceding 3. It is the smallest and only even prime number. Because it forms the basis of a duality, it has religious and spiritual significance in many cultur ...

of the

Yogācāra Yogachara ( sa, योगाचार, IAST: '; literally "yoga practice"; "one whose practice is yoga") is an influential tradition of Buddhist philosophy and psychology emphasizing the study of cognition, perception, and consciousness through t ...

school of

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, by the Korean scholar-monk

Wonhyo Won Hyo (617 – April 28, 686) was one of the leading thinkers, writers and commentators of the Korean Buddhist tradition. Essence-Function (), a key concept in East Asian Buddhism and particularly Korean Buddhism, was refined in the syncretic p ...

.{{Cite book, url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34553561, title=Sources of Korean tradition, date=1996, publisher=Columbia University Press, others=Lee, Peter H., 1929-, De Bary, Wm. Theodore, 1919-2017., isbn=9780231105675, location=New York, oclc=34553561 This treatise examines and compares the various explications regarding the two hindrances as found in the major Yogācāra texts, including the '' Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra'', ''

Saṃdhinirmocana-sūtra The ''Ārya-saṃdhi-nirmocana-sūtra'' (Sanskrit) or ''Noble sūtra of the Explanation of the Profound Secrets'' is a Mahāyāna Buddhist text and the most important sutra of the Yogācāra school. It contains explanations of key Yogācāra conc ...

'', '' Mahāyānābhidharma-samuccaya-vyākhyā'', '' Śrīmālādevī-simhanāda-sūtra'' and ''

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'', along with a wide range of other Mahāyāna texts. For an expanded explanation, see the below link.

External links

*Muller, A. Charles (2000). "On Wŏnhyo's Ijangui (二障義)." ''Journal of Korean Buddhist Seminar'', Vol. 8, July 2000, p. 322-336.Source

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