TheKusha-shū (倶舎宗) was one of the six schools of Buddhism introduced to Japan during theAsuka andNara periods.^[1] Along with theJōjitsu-shū and theRisshū, it is a school ofNikaya Buddhism, which is sometimes derisively known toMahayana Buddhism as "theHinayana".

ASarvastivada school, Kusha-shū focused onabhidharma analysis based on theAbhidharmakośa-bhāsya (Jap. 阿毘達磨倶舎論, "Commentary on the Treasury ofAbhidharma") by the fourth-centuryGandharan philosopherVasubandhu. The school takes its name from that authoritative text.^[1]

Names commonly associated with the Kusha-shū areDōshō (道昭 638–700), Chitsū (智通 ?–?), Chitatsu (智達 ?–?), andGenbō (玄昉 ?–746).

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• Buswell, Robert;Lopez, Donald S. (2013).The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism. Princeton University Press.ISBN 978-0-691-15786-3.

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