Asaṅga

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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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Asaṅga canonical 18

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 4th-century philosopher ⓘ
Buddhist monk ⓘ
Buddhist philosopher ⓘ
Indian philosopher ⓘ
Mahāyāna Buddhist ⓘ
Yogācāra scholar ⓘ
associatedFigure Maitreya (Bodhisattva) ⓘ
linked to: Maitreya
associatedWith Gandhāran Buddhism ⓘ
linked to: Greco-Buddhist art

Sarvāstivāda school (early affiliation) ⓘ
linked to: Sarvastivada school
category 4th-century Indian people ⓘ
Indian Buddhist monks ⓘ
Yogācāra philosophers ⓘ
linked to: Yogācāra
countryOfOrigin India ⓘ
doctrine bodhisattva path systematization ⓘ
three natures (trisvabhāva) ⓘ
three turnings of the Dharma wheel ⓘ
ālaya-vijñāna (storehouse consciousness) ⓘ
era 4th century ⓘ
influenced Dharmapāla ⓘ
East Asian Yogācāra ⓘ
linked to: Yogācāra

Tibetan Buddhist scholasticism ⓘ
Vasubandhu ⓘ
Xuanzang ⓘ
influencedBy Mahāyāna sūtras ⓘ
linked to: Mahayana sutras

Maitreya-nātha (traditional attribution) ⓘ
linked to: Maitreya

Sarvāstivāda Abhidharma ⓘ
linked to: Abhidharma
knownFor Mind-Only doctrine ⓘ
linked to: Yogācāra

doctrine of storehouse consciousness (ālaya-vijñāna) ⓘ
founding the Yogācāra school ⓘ
systematizing Yogācāra philosophy ⓘ
works on Mahāyāna Abhidharma ⓘ
language Sanskrit ⓘ
laterAffiliation Mahāyāna Buddhism ⓘ
linked to: Mahayana
majorWork Abhidharmasamuccaya ⓘ
Mahāyānasaṃgraha ⓘ
Mahāyānasaṃgraha-bhāṣya (commentary, traditional) ⓘ
Mahāyānābhidharma texts ⓘ
Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra (traditional attribution) ⓘ
philosophicalSchool Vijñānavāda ⓘ
Yogācāra ⓘ
region Gandhāra ⓘ
relationTypeWithVasubandhu elder brother ⓘ
relative Vasubandhu ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
role principal founder of Yogācāra ⓘ
systematizer of Mahāyāna Abhidharma ⓘ
tradition Mahāyāna Buddhism ⓘ
linked to: Mahayana
veneratedIn East Asian Buddhism ⓘ
Indian Mahāyāna tradition ⓘ
Tibetan Buddhism ⓘ

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Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yogācāra → foundedBy → Asaṅga ⓘ
Hosso sect → influencedBy → Asaṅga ⓘ
Hossō → influencedBy → Asaṅga ⓘ
Vasubandhu → influencedBy → Asaṅga ⓘ
Vasubandhu → sibling → Asaṅga ⓘ
Shantarakshita → influencedBy → Asaṅga ⓘ
Vijñānavāda → keyFigure → Asaṅga ⓘ
Cittamātra → keyFigure → Asaṅga ⓘ
Sthiramati → influencedBy → Asaṅga ⓘ
Dharmapāla → influencedBy → Asaṅga ⓘ
Kuiji → influencedBy → Asaṅga ⓘ
Faxiang school → influencedBy → Asaṅga ⓘ
Weishi school → influencedBy → Asaṅga ⓘ
Tengyur → containsWorksBy → Asaṅga ⓘ