Kusha

Kusha, Buddhist school of philosophy introduced into Japan from China during the Nara period (710–784). The school takes its name from its authoritative text, the Abidatsuma-kusha-ron(Sanskrit:Abhidharma-kośa; q.v.), by the 4th- or 5th-century Indian philosopher Vasubandhu. This text sets forth the doctrine of the Sarvāstivāda, an ancient Indian school that held that all things (dharmas), future, past, and present, actually exist; the self alone is illusory. The text’s translation into Chinese (651–654) by Hsüan-tsang led to...