Asaṅga
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4th-century philosopher
Buddhist monk
Buddhist philosopher
Indian philosopher
Mahāyāna Buddhist
Yogācāra scholar
Asaṅga was a 4th-century Indian Buddhist philosopher and monk renowned as a principal founder and systematizer of the Yogācāra (Mind-Only) school of Mahāyāna Buddhism.
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| instanceOf |
4th-century philosopher
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Buddhist monk ⓘ Buddhist philosopher ⓘ Indian philosopher ⓘ Mahāyāna Buddhist ⓘ Yogācāra scholar ⓘ |
| associatedFigure | Maitreya (Bodhisattva) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Gandhāran Buddhism
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Sarvāstivāda school (early affiliation) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
4th-century Indian people
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Indian Buddhist monks ⓘ Yogācāra philosophers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | India ⓘ |
| doctrine |
bodhisattva path systematization
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three natures (trisvabhāva) ⓘ three turnings of the Dharma wheel ⓘ ālaya-vijñāna (storehouse consciousness) ⓘ |
| era | 4th century ⓘ |
| influenced |
Dharmapāla
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East Asian Yogācāra NERFINISHED ⓘ Tibetan Buddhist scholasticism ⓘ Vasubandhu NERFINISHED ⓘ Xuanzang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Mahāyāna sūtras
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Maitreya-nātha (traditional attribution) NERFINISHED ⓘ Sarvāstivāda Abhidharma NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Mind-Only doctrine
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doctrine of storehouse consciousness (ālaya-vijñāna) ⓘ founding the Yogācāra school ⓘ systematizing Yogācāra philosophy ⓘ works on Mahāyāna Abhidharma ⓘ |
| language | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| laterAffiliation | Mahāyāna Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorWork |
Abhidharmasamuccaya
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Mahāyānasaṃgraha NERFINISHED ⓘ Mahāyānasaṃgraha-bhāṣya (commentary, traditional) NERFINISHED ⓘ Mahāyānābhidharma texts NERFINISHED ⓘ Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra (traditional attribution) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool |
Vijñānavāda
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Yogācāra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Gandhāra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relationTypeWithVasubandhu | elder brother GENERATED ⓘ |
| relative | Vasubandhu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| role |
principal founder of Yogācāra
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systematizer of Mahāyāna Abhidharma ⓘ |
| tradition | Mahāyāna Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
East Asian Buddhism
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Indian Mahāyāna tradition ⓘ Tibetan Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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