Asanga
Sign in to savethumb|upright|Japanese art|Japanese wood statue of Asaṅga from 1208 CE Asaṅga (Sanskrit: असंग, , ; Romaji: Mujaku) (fl. 4th century C.E.) was one of the most important spiritual figures of Mahayana Buddhism and the founder of the Yogachara school. Traditionally, he and his half-brother Vasubandhu are regarded as the major classical Indian Sanskrit exponents of Mahayana Abhidharma, Vijñanavada (awareness only; also called Vijñaptivāda, the doctrine of ideas or percepts, and Vijñaptimātratā-vāda, the doctrine of 'mere representation) thought and Mahayana teachings on the bodhisattva path. He is
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Asanga was a male philosopher, writer, and teacher associated with Buddhism. He was born in Peshawar, where he also worked, and was the sibling of Vasubandhu. His date of birth is recorded as either 0300-01-01 or 0310-01-01, while his date of death is listed as 0301-01-01. Asanga was a student of Maitreya-nātha.
His literary output includes works such as *Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle : An Explanation of the Ornament of the Mahayana Sutras*, *A Compendium of the Mahayana*, *La somme du Grand Véhicule d'Asaṅga (Mahāyānasaṃgraha)*, *The Bodhisattva Path to Unsurpassed Enlightenment*, and *She da sheng lun*. Records indicate he has 48 works, with 27 listed in one database and 5 in another. His work has been cited 21,016 times, and he is referenced by 2,154 other encyclopedia articles.
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- Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle : An Explanation of the Ornament of the Mahayana Sutras
- A Compendium of the Mahayana
- La somme du Grand Véhicule d'Asaṅga (Mahāyānasaṃgraha)
- The Bodhisattva Path to Unsurpassed Enlightenment
- She da sheng lun
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- male
- Place of birth
- Peshawar
- Sibling
- Vasubandhu
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- Buddhism
- Student of
- Maitreya-nātha
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- Asanga.JPG
- Work location
- Peshawar
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- 0300-01-01
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thumb|upright|Japanese art|Japanese wood statue of Asaṅga from 1208 CE Asaṅga (Sanskrit: असंग, , ; Romaji: Mujaku) (fl. 4th century C.E.) was one of the most important spiritual figures of Mahayana Buddhism and the founder of the Yogachara school. Traditionally, he and his half-brother Vasubandhu are regarded as the major classical Indian Sanskrit exponents of Mahayana Abhidharma, Vijñanavada (awareness only; also called Vijñaptivāda, the doctrine of ideas or percepts, and Vijñaptimātratā-vāda, the doctrine of 'mere representation) thought and Mahayana teachings on the bodhisattva path. He is also traditionally considered as one of the seventeen Nalanda masters who taught at the monastery which is located in modern-day Bihar.
==Biography== thumb|upright|Tibetan Buddhism|Tibetan depiction of Asaṅga and [[Maitreya]]
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