Asaṅga

PersonType	Category:Classical Indian Authors
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 Buddhist philosophy. He most famously eulogized in the Tibetan tradition for his association with the Five Treatises of Maitreya, which he is reported to have received directly from the Bodhisattva Maitreya. In terms of the Uttaratantra, the Tibetan tradition asserts that he was the author of the prose commentarial sections (vyākhyā) of this work, while Maitreya, himself, is the author of the actual verses of the treatise (śāstra).
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