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 conducted his work. He was a student of Maitreya-nātha and had a sibling named Vasubandhu.
He is the author of 27 works. Notable titles include *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*. Asanga died on 0301-01-01.
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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
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- Maitreya-nātha
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- Peshawar
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- 0300-01-01
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- 0301-01-01
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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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