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'''Asaṅga''' (無着, also called Aryasanga; born c. 300 [[Common Era|C.E.]] | '''Asaṅga''' (無着, also called Aryasanga; born c. 300 [[Common Era|C.E.]]) was an [[India]]n exponent of [[Yogācāra]], and is considered, along with his brother [[Vasubandhu]], to have been the founder of this religious school. | ||
Asanga was born during the fourth century in [[ | Asanga was born during the fourth century in [[Gandhāra]] in north India, as a [[Brahmin]]'s son. He was perhaps originally a member of the [[Mahīśāsaka]], or the [[Sarvastivada|Mūlasarvāstivāda]] school, but after many years of intense meditation, during which time some traditions say that he often visited Tushita Heaven to receive teachings from [[Maitreya-nātha]], he later converted to [[Mahāyāna]].<ref>Wayman</ref> Asanga wrote many of the key Yogācāra treatises, including the [[Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra]], the [[Mahāyāna-samgraha]] and the [[Abhidharma-samuccaya]], although there are discrepancies between Chinese and Tibetan traditions which works should be attributed to him and which to Maitreya-nātha.<ref>Tucci</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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== | ==Bibliography== | ||
*Giuseppe Tucci ''On Some Aspects of the Doctrines of Maitreya (natha) and the Asanga''. Calcutta, 1930 | |||
*Alex Wayman "Doctrinal Affiliation of the Buddhist Master Asanga", in ''Untying the Knots in Buddhism''. ISBN 81-208-1321-9 | |||
==External links== | |||
*[http://www.acmuller.net/ddb Digital Dictionary of Buddhism]; [http://www.buddhism-dict.net/cgi-bin/xpr-ddb.pl?71.xml+id('b7121-8457') Direct link] | *[http://www.acmuller.net/ddb Digital Dictionary of Buddhism]; [http://www.buddhism-dict.net/cgi-bin/xpr-ddb.pl?71.xml+id('b7121-8457') Direct link] | ||
[[Category:Religion Workgroup]] | [[Category:Religion Workgroup]] | ||
[[Category:CZ Live]] | [[Category:CZ Live]] | ||
Revision as of 04:03, 7 April 2007
Asaṅga (無着, also called Aryasanga; born c. 300 C.E.) was an Indian exponent of Yogācāra, and is considered, along with his brother Vasubandhu, to have been the founder of this religious school.
Asanga was born during the fourth century in Gandhāra in north India, as a Brahmin's son. He was perhaps originally a member of the Mahīśāsaka, or the Mūlasarvāstivāda school, but after many years of intense meditation, during which time some traditions say that he often visited Tushita Heaven to receive teachings from Maitreya-nātha, he later converted to Mahāyāna.[1] Asanga wrote many of the key Yogācāra treatises, including the Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra, the Mahāyāna-samgraha and the Abhidharma-samuccaya, although there are discrepancies between Chinese and Tibetan traditions which works should be attributed to him and which to Maitreya-nātha.[2]
References
Bibliography
- Giuseppe Tucci On Some Aspects of the Doctrines of Maitreya (natha) and the Asanga. Calcutta, 1930
- Alex Wayman "Doctrinal Affiliation of the Buddhist Master Asanga", in Untying the Knots in Buddhism. ISBN 81-208-1321-9