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'''Asanga''' (Skt. ''Asaṅga'', Tib. [[ཐོགས་མེད་]], ''Tokmé''; [[Wyl.]] ''thogs med'') - One of the most famous Indian saints, he lived in the fourth century and was the elder brother of [[Vasubandhu]]. He received teachings from [[Maitreya]] and transcribed them as the ‘[[Five Treatises of Maitreya]]’. Together with Asanga's own commentaries, these texts became the basis for the philosophical schools known as [[Yogachara]], or [[Chittamatra]].
'''Asanga''' (Skt. ''Asaṅga'', Tib. [[ཐོགས་མེད་]], ''Tokmé''; [[Wyl.]] ''thogs med'') — one of the most famous Indian saints, he lived in the fourth century and was the elder brother of [[Vasubandhu]]. He received teachings from [[Maitreya]] and transcribed them as the ‘[[Five Treatises of Maitreya]]’. Together with Asanga's own commentaries, these texts became the basis for the philosophical schools known as [[Yogachara]], or [[Chittamatra]].


==His Writings==
==His Writings==
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==External Links==
==External Links==
*[http://www.tbrc.org/link?RID=P6117 TBRC Profile]
*{{TBRC|P6117|TBRC Profile}}


[[Category:Historical Masters]]
[[Category:Historical Masters]]
[[Category:Seventeen Nalanda Masters]]
[[Category:Seventeen Nalanda Masters]]

Revision as of 21:53, 24 April 2011

Asanga

Asanga (Skt. Asaṅga, Tib. ཐོགས་མེད་, Tokmé; Wyl. thogs med) — one of the most famous Indian saints, he lived in the fourth century and was the elder brother of Vasubandhu. He received teachings from Maitreya and transcribed them as the ‘Five Treatises of Maitreya’. Together with Asanga's own commentaries, these texts became the basis for the philosophical schools known as Yogachara, or Chittamatra.

His Writings

Further Reading

External Links