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|BnwShortPersonBio=Traditionally counted among the Seventeen Great Paṇḍitas of Nālandā, Asaṅga was an illustrious Indian scholar who, along with his brother Vasubhandu, is credited with the founding of the Yogācāra school and the introduction of their associated theories of mind-only (''cittamātra''), the storehouse consciousness (''ālayavijñāna''), and the three natures (''trisvabhāva'') into the milieu of Indian Buddhist philosophical discourse. He is most famously eulogized in the Tibetan tradition for his association with the ''Five Treatises of Maitreya'' (''byams chos sde lnga''), which he is reported to have received directly from the Bodhisattva Maitreya. In terms of the ''Uttaratantra'', the Tibetan tradition, which | |BnwShortPersonBio=Traditionally counted among the Seventeen Great Paṇḍitas of Nālandā, Asaṅga was an illustrious Indian scholar who, along with his brother Vasubhandu, is credited with the founding of the Yogācāra school and the introduction of their associated theories of mind-only (''cittamātra''), the storehouse consciousness (''ālayavijñāna''), and the three natures (''trisvabhāva'') into the milieu of Indian Buddhist philosophical discourse. He is most famously eulogized in the Tibetan tradition for his association with the ''Five Treatises of Maitreya'' (''byams chos sde lnga''), which he is reported to have received directly from the Bodhisattva Maitreya. In terms of the ''Uttaratantra'', the Tibetan tradition, which along with Chinese tradition divides the text into two distinct works, asserts that Asaṅga was the author of the prose commentary (''vyākhyā'') of this work, while Maitreya, himself, is the author of the actual verses of the treatise (''śāstra''). | ||
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| PersonType | Category:Classical Indian Authors |
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| MainNameTib | ཐོགས་མེད་ |
| MainNameWylie | thogs med |
| MainNameSkt | Asaṅga |
| AltNamesTib | སློབ་དཔོན་ཐོགས་མེད་ |
| AltNamesWylie | slob dpon thogs med |
| AltNamesOther | Āryāsaṅga |
| YearBirth | 4th Century |
| DatesNotes | The dates for this master are uncertain, though it is generally assumed that he lived in the 4th or 5th centuries. |
| ReligiousAffiliation | Yogācāra; Cittamātra; Vijñānavāda |
| PersonalAffiliation | Vasubandhu |
| BDRC | https://www.tbrc.org/#!rid=P6117 |
| IsInGyatsa | No |
| BnwShortPersonBio | Traditionally counted among the Seventeen Great Paṇḍitas of Nālandā, Asaṅga was an illustrious Indian scholar who, along with his brother Vasubhandu, is credited with the founding of the Yogācāra school and the introduction of their associated theories of mind-only (cittamātra), the storehouse consciousness (ālayavijñāna), and the three natures (trisvabhāva) into the milieu of Indian Buddhist philosophical discourse. He is most famously eulogized in the Tibetan tradition for his association with the Five Treatises of Maitreya (byams chos sde lnga), which he is reported to have received directly from the Bodhisattva Maitreya. In terms of the Uttaratantra, the Tibetan tradition, which along with Chinese tradition divides the text into two distinct works, asserts that Asaṅga was the author of the prose commentary (vyākhyā) of this work, while Maitreya, himself, is the author of the actual verses of the treatise (śāstra). |
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