Lankavatara-Sutra, translated by bhiksu Venerable Gunabhadra, is one of classical sourcebooks of the Vijnanavada school, is also the main thrust of spiritual cultivation of the Chan and Zen schools of Mahayana Buddhism. The text is a quintessence of the Buddha's explication of the tainted and purified aspects of mind. The catechetical contents center on core Mahayana principles, are subsumed under four categories of subjects as the five dharmas, the three inherent natures, the eight forms of consciousness, and the two aspects of selflessness.

Buddha's Explication of Mind: Lankavatara-Sutra, P. B. Tan, Independently published, Paperback, 302 pages, $25.00

P. B. Tan is from Kuching, a beautiful town in the post British colonial state of Sarawak, which is located in Borneo. He graduated with a Master Degree in Buddhist Philosophy in 2015 from the International Buddhist College (IBC) in Thailand. He has completed his research into the canon of the Theravada Abhidhammapitaka, altogether has taken him five straight years. Currently, he is working on translation and exposition for a few Mahayana sutras beginning from 2021, and is scheduled to complete by the Christmas of 2025. After that he would proceed to complete translations with commentaries for the remaining five more Abhidharma literatures of primarily the Yogacara School, with the last one being 100 fascicles of the Yogacarabhumi-sastra.