Asaṅga (Sanskrit: असंग, Tibetan: ཐོགས་མེད།, Wylie: thogs med, traditional Chinese: 無著; ; pinyin: Wúzhuó; 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. [1][2][3] Traditionally, he and his half-brother Vasubandhu are regarded as the major classic...

Asaṅga (Sanskrit: असंग, Tibetan: ཐོགས་མེད།, Wylie: thogs med, traditional Chinese: 無著; ; pinyin: Wúzhuó; Romaji: Mujaku) (fl. 4th century C.E.) was an Indian scholar [1] who is considered one of the most important spiritual figures of Mahayana Buddhism and …

Asaṅga (flourished 5th century ad, b. Puruṣapura, India) was an influential Buddhist philosopher who established the Yogācāra (“Practice of Yogā”) school of idealism.

Asanga went on to become one of the greatest Buddhist masters of ancient India. He’s still famous today. His works are still studied, and he still inspires thousands of people.

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 ’.

Nov 26, 2023 · Aryâsanga was a pre-Christian Adept and founder of a Buddhist esoteric school, though Csoma di Köros places him, for some reasons of his own, in the seventh century A.D. There was another Aryâsanga, who lived during the first centuries of our era. [1]

Asanga (Thogs-med, Skt. Asaṅga) was born in approximately 375 CE in Purushapura, the main city of Gandhara, present-day northern Pakistan. His brahmin mother, Prakashashila (gSal-ba’i tshul-khrims, Skt. Prakāśaśīl a), in her previous life, had been a learned Buddhist pandit, devoted to Avalokiteshvara.

Asanga was one of the most famous Indian Buddhist saints, and lived in the fourth century. He went to the mountains to do a solitary retreat, concentrating all his meditation practice on the Buddha Maitreya, in the fervent hope that he would be blessed with a vision of this Buddha and receive teachings from him.

Mar 14, 2025 · Asanga (असन्ग) is the Prakrit name of a Yakṣa chief, obiedient to Vaiśramaṇa (god of wealth, also known as Kubera), according to the Bhagavatī-sūtra, also known as The Vyākhyāprajñapti (“Exposition of Explanations”).

Jun 9, 2023 · Asanga, also known as Arya Asanga, was a Buddhist monk and philosopher who lived in India during the fourth century CE. He is considered one of the most important figures in the development of the Yogacara school of Mahayana Buddhism, which emphasizes the practice of meditation and the attainment of inner insight as a means of understanding ...