Asanga - Buddhism

 Abhidharmakosabhasyam - by L. De LA Vallee Poussin - This is the most important compendium of Indian Buddhist philosophy and psychology. The four volume (app. 1600 pp.) clothbound masterwork begins with a history of abhidharma literature and covers a vast array of subjects from a Buddhist viewpoint. Some of these subjects are Buddhist cosmology and the process of rebirth, karma and the Buddhist ethical theory, mental defilements, causes of suffering and the path to enlightenment, the supernatural powers of a Buddha, a taxonomy of meditative states and a refutation of the existence of soul.

 Abhidharmasamuccaya: The Compendium of the Higher Teaching by Asanga, Walpola Rahula, and Sara Boin-Web - There are two systems of Abhidharma, according to Tibetan tradition, lower and higher. The lower system is taught in the Abhidharmakosa, while the higher system is taught in the Abhidharmasamuccaya. Thus the two books form a complementary pair. Asanga, author of the Abhidharmasamuccaya, is founder of the Yogacara school of Mahayana Buddhism. His younger brother Vasubandhu wrote the Abhidharnmakosa before Asanga converted him to Mahayana Buddhism. Yet the Kosa is written in verse, usual for Mahayana treatises, while the Samuccaya follows the traditional prose and answer style of the older Pali Abhidharma texts. Walpola Rahula, in preparing his 1971 French translation of this Mahayana text from the Sanskrit, Chinese, and Tibetan, has brought to bear on its many technical terms his extensive background and great expertise in the Pali canon. J. W. de Jong says in his review of this work:"Rahula deserves our gratitude for his excellent translation of this difficult text." Sara Boin-Webb is well known for her accurate English translations of Buddhist books from the French. She has now made accessible in English Rahula's French translation, the first into a modern language, of this fundamental text.

Asanga - Himalayan Art
http://www.himalayanart.org/image.cfm/358.html

Asanga, A Buddhist Parable by Sogyal Rinpoche
http://kaykeys.net/spirit/buddhism/asanga.html

Asanga and Champa: A Tibetan Folktale of Compassion http://www.viewonbuddhism.org/discussion/viewtopic.php?t=153&sid=362760e531022353157b257451ddb2c0

Asanga (Bodhisattva)
http://www.bhaisajyaguru.com/buddhist-ayurveda-encylopedia/asanga-bodhisattva.htm

Asanga: Founder of Mahayana Yogacara Buddhism by Cale Bakken with instructor Rev. James Powell II - YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbVoN1X7DmU

Asanga's Chapter on Ethics Withe the Commentary of Tsong-Kha-Pa: The Basic Path toAwakening, the Complete Bodhisattva by Mark Tatz (translator) - book - is English translation of these two Buddhist texts enable the reader to get a notion of Mahayana ethical theory and moral practice.

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Basic Teachings of the Consciousness-only School of Buddhism compiled by Ron Epstein
http://online.sfsu.edu/~rone/Buddhism/Yogacara/Basicasanga.htm

 Buddhist Philosophers: Gautama Buddha, Nagarjuna, Candrakirti, Asanga, Shantideva, Dogen, Longchenpa, Linji, B. R. Ambedkar, 14th Dalai Lama by Books LLC - Chapters: Gautama Buddha, Nagarjuna, Candrakīrti, Asanga, Shantideva, Dōgen, Longchenpa, Linji, B. R. Ambedkar, 14th Dalai Lama, Padmasambhava, Chögyam Trungpa, Jamgon Ju Mipham Gyatso, Masao Abe, D. T. Suzuki, Atisha, Mazu Daoyi, Zongmi, Yin Shun, Robert Magliola, Piya Tan, Sangharakshita, Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen, Khenchen Palden Sherab, Yunmen Wenyan, Hakuin Ekaku, Je Tsongkhapa, Ajahn Thate, Paul Carus, Nanavira Thera, Huineng, Chokyong Palga Rinpoche, Ajahn Chah, Indrabhuti, Pema Chödrön, Milarepa, Jigdal Dagchen Sakya, Zhiyi, Steven Heine, Edward Salim Michael, Śāntarakṣita, Wonhyo, Bhāvaviveka, Lawapa, Christopher Titmuss, Reginald Ray, Kamalaśīla, Sri Singha, Ajahn Sumedho, Naropa, Kumārajīva, Rongzom Chokyi Zangpo, Kukuraja, Vasubandhu, Sister Vajira, Thich Nhat Tu, Kitaro Nishida, Martine Batchelor, Walpola Rahula, Gudo Wafu Nishijima, Stephen Batchelor, Tilopa, Mahasi Sayadaw, Balangoda Ananda Maitreya, Chatral Rinpoche, Karma Kagyu, Taitetsu Unno, Dharmakirti, Vairotsana, Namkhai Nyingpo, Abhayakaragupta, Chandragomin, Marpa Lotsawa, Ledi Sayadaw, Roger Corless, Dignāga, Uisang, Dhardo Rimpoche, David Loy, Taranatha, Gö Khugpa, Subhuti, Hammalawa Saddhatissa, Thubten Gyatso, Aryadeva, Aśvaghoṣa, Ennin, Gö Lotsawa, Keiji Nishitani, Rinchen Zangpo, Keian Genju, Jnanasutra, Gorampa, Elizabeth Burns, Jinul, Dhammapala, Won Gwang, Tashi Tsering, Dharmarakṣa, Yungtön Dorjepel, Enchin, Geshe Thupten Jinpa, Hajime Nakamura, Dharmarakshita, Shin'ichi Hisamatsu, Maitreya-Nātha, Haribhadra, Ajahn Sundara, Bodhisena, Nick Ribush, Sthiramati, Tanzan, Hiro Sachiya, Sengzhao, Yumo Mikyo Dorje, Uicheon, Buddhapālita, Dagpo Tashi Namgyal, Zhi Dun. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 560. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso, usually shortened...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=20238168

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 4th-Century Philosophers: Eusebius of Caesarea, Athanasius of Alexandria, Gregory of Nazianzus, Ambrose, Gregory of Nyssa, Asanga, Aedesius by Books LLC - Chapters: Eusebius of Caesarea, Athanasius of Alexandria, Gregory of Nazianzus, Ambrose, Gregory of Nyssa, Asanga, Aedesius, Chrysanthius, Arius, Ge Hong, Pelagius, Iamblichus, Themistius, Gaius Marius Victorinus, Vasubandhu, Guo Xiang, Himerius, Sallustius, Calcidius, Sosipatra, Asclepiades the Cynic, Priscus of Epirus, Maximus of Ephesus, Sopater of Apamea, Antoninus, Heraclius the Cynic, Eustathius of Cappadocia, Sengzhao, Dexippus, Eusebius of Myndus, Nymphidianus of Smyrna, Theodorus of Asine, Zhi Dun. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 184. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Eusebius of Caesarea, c. 263339, called Eusebius Pamphili, became the Bishop of Caesarea in Palestine about the year 314AD. Eusebius, historian, exegete and polemicist is one of the more renowned Church Fathers. He (with Pamphilus) was a scholar of the Biblical Canon. He wrote Demonstrations of the Gospel, Preparations for the Gospel, and On Discrepancies between the Gospels, studies of the Biblical text. As "Father of Church History" he produced the Ecclesiastical History, On the Life of Pamphilus, the Chronicle and On the Martyrs. Little is known about Eusebius life. Eusebius' successor in the see of Caesarea, Acacius, wrote a Life of Eusebius, but this work has been lost. Eusebius' own surviving works probably only represent a small portion of his total output. Since he was on the losing side of the long fourth-century contest between the allies and enemies of Arianism (Eusebius was an early and vocal supporter of Arius), posterity did not have much respect for Eusebius' person and was neglectful in the preservation of his writings. Beyond notices in his extant writings, the major sources are the fifth-century ecclesiastical historians Socrates, Sozomen, and Theodoret, and the fourth-century Christian autho...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=10172

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Hinduism ad Buddhism An Historical Sketch by Charles Eliot - search for Asanga
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/16546/16546-h/16546-h.htm

How Asanga Came to See the Future Buddha - Ackland Art Museum
http://www.ackland.org/projects/five_faiths/transcript_buddhism_5.php

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 Indian Philosophers: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Gautama Buddha, Nagarjuna, Patañjali, Carvaka, Vinoba Bhave, Asanga, Kabir, Sri Aurobindo by Books LLC - Chapters: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Gautama Buddha, Nagarjuna, Patañjali, Cārvāka, Vinoba Bhave, Asanga, Kabir, Sri Aurobindo, Swami Sahajanand Saraswati, Narayana Guru, Ramanuja, Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar, Abhinavagupta, Manavala Mamunigal, Indian Philosophy, Madhvacharya, Eric J. Lott, Nataraja Guru, Basava, Vyasa, Nimbarka, Arun Manilal Gandhi, Jagadguru Kripaluji Maharaj, Acyutananda, Vallabha Acharya, Sukhlal Sanghvi, Pandurang Shastri Athavale, Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi, Kumārila Bhaṭṭa, Madhurastakam, Dnyaneshwar, Śāntarakṣita, Debendranath Tagore, Padmanabhan Palpu, Kamalaśīla, Sarkar's Linguistic Concepts and Criteria, Kathia Baba, Kapila, Akka Mahadevi, Yajnavalkya, Sangeetha Menon, P. Parameswaran, Bhagwan Das, Vasubandhu, Makkhali Gosala, Ganganath Jha, Maṇḍana Miśra, Pillai Lokacharya, Swami Sri Lilashahji Maharaj, C. T. K. Chari, Tiruvalluvar, Ramendra Nath, Vijaya Dasa, Acharya Hemachandra, Bhau Kalchuri, Dada Dharmadhikari, Jagannatha Dasa, Syed Aqeel-Ul-Gharavi, Vyasatirtha, Gagangiri Maharaj, Dignāga, Kanada, Sahotra Sarkar, Purana Kassapa, Jayanta Bhatta, Pakudha Kaccayana, Chaganti Koteswara Rao, Samavedam Shanmukha Sarma, Sanjaya Belatthaputta, Akeel Bilgrami, Jaimini, Jitendra Nath Mohanty, Jnanasutra, Khana, Vijnanabhiksu, Syntipas, Vyasanakere Prabhanjanacharya, Ulloor S. Parameswara Iyer, Lopamudra, Protap Chunder Mozoomdar, Jayarāśi Bhaṭṭa, J. P. Vaswani, Shakuntala Singh, Tara Chatterjea, Sardar Anjum, Udayana, Dadu Dayal, Haridas Bhattacharya, Ramjee Singh, George Padamadan, Joseph Kaipayil, Gargi Vachaknavi, Prabhākara, Radhakamal Mukerjee, Sunanda Gandhi, Bodhananda Swamikal, Anandavardhana, Maitreyi, Deepak Kumar, Ghosha, I. K. Taimni, Ramchandra Gandhi, Bodhiruci, Naccinarkiniyar, Utpaladeva, Shankar Vaman Dandekar, Guru Muni Narayana Prasad, Śālikanātha, Śābara. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 315. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's boo...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=19379

Introduction to Yogacara Buddhism: Asanga, Vasubandhu and Hsuan-Tsang by Thomas Tam
http://www.aaari.info/notes/04-06-04Tam.pdf

 

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Mahayanasutralankara of Asanga: Study in Vijnanavada Buddhism by Yajneshwar Shastri - book
http://www.amazon.com/Mahayanasutralankara-Asanga-Vijnanavada-Bibliotheca-Indo-Buddhica/dp/8170301955/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1287063477&sr=8-10

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 On Knowing Reality: The Tattvartha Chapter of Asanga's Bodhisattvabhumi by Janice Willis - This is the first English translation with commentary of a crucial chapter of the Bodhisattvabhumi, composed in Sanskrit in the late fourth century by the philosopher-sage Asanga, founder of the Yogacara school of Mahayana Buddhism. The chapter is the core of Asanga's theoretical teachings: it deals with the central epistemological question of how to judge and validate knowledge, and how confusions about "reality" arise.

 

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 Realm of Awakening: A Translation and Study of the Tenth Chapter of Asanga's Mahayanasangraha by Paul Griffiths - This translation and study of Chapter Ten of Asanga's Mahayanasamgraha, one of the foundational documents of the Yogacara school of Mahayana Buddhism, presents the systematic thinking of one of the greatest early Buddhist theoreticians on the nature of the Buddha. Providing insight into Asanga's thought and influence in the development of Mahayana Buddhism in India, Tibet, China, and Japan, the book includes translations of early Indian commentaries on the text which have been preserved in earlier Chinese and Tibetan translations.

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 Summary of the Great Vehicle by Asanga - This is a Revised Second Edition of translation from the Chinese by John P. Keenan, with notes. This "Compendium of the Mahayana" (Mahayanasamgraha) is so called because it presents an attempt to systematize Buddhist thought into a unified whole from the standpoint of the Mind-Only School (Vijnanavada). 

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Two Commentaries on the Samdhinirmocana-Sutra (Studies in Asian Thought and Religion) by Asanga, Jnanagarbha, and John Powers - book - This work contains an English translation of these commentaries, along with discussions of problems connected with their authorship, respective places in Indian Buddhist literature, and hermeneutical approaches. It brings together a wide range of materials to advance the present state of scholarship on Yogacara, one of the two main philosophical schools of Indian Mahayana Buddhism. Use of Tibetan oral and written materials is particularly important, indicating how these texts have been used by Buddhist scholars and the issues they raise. The first, attributed to Asanga, provides an overview of the sutra and examines the thought of some difficult sections. The second, attributed to Jnanagarbha, comments on the eighth chapter which is mainly concerned with meditation.

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 Universal Vehicle Discourse Literature by Robert Thurman (translator) - This is a fully annotated, critical English translation of Maitreyanatha's Universal Vehicle Discourse Literature (Mahayanasutralamkara), as transmitted to the fourth-century Indian Buddhist scholar-adept Ärya Asanga, along with its commentary (bhasya) by Asanga's brother Vasubandhu. Includes an introduction covering essential historical and philosophical topics, a bibliography, and detailed index.

 

 Uttara Tantra:  A Treatise on Buddha Nature by Thrangu, Khenchen Thrangu, Asanga - Commentary on Buddhist canonical text ascribed to Asaçnga.

 

 

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 Vietnamese Philosophers: Buddhist Philosophers, Gautama Buddha, Nagarjuna, Candrakirti, Asanga, Shantideva, Dogen, Longchenpa, Linji by Books LLC - Chapters: Buddhist Philosophers, Gautama Buddha, Nagarjuna, Candrakīrti, Asanga, Shantideva, Dōgen, Longchenpa, Linji, B. R. Ambedkar, 14th Dalai Lama, Padmasambhava, Chögyam Trungpa, Jamgon Ju Mipham Gyatso, Masao Abe, D. T. Suzuki, Atisha, Mazu Daoyi, Zongmi, Yin Shun, Robert Magliola, Piya Tan, Sangharakshita, Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen, Khenchen Palden Sherab, Yunmen Wenyan, Hakuin Ekaku, Je Tsongkhapa, Ajahn Thate, Paul Carus, Nanavira Thera, Huineng, Chokyong Palga Rinpoche, Ajahn Chah, Indrabhuti, Pema Chödrön, Milarepa, Jigdal Dagchen Sakya, Zhiyi, Steven Heine, Edward Salim Michael, Śāntarakṣita, Wonhyo, Bhāvaviveka, Lawapa, Christopher Titmuss, Reginald Ray, Kamalaśīla, Sri Singha, Ajahn Sumedho, Naropa, Kumārajīva, Rongzom Chokyi Zangpo, Kukuraja, Vasubandhu, Sister Vajira, Thich Nhat Tu, Kitaro Nishida, Martine Batchelor, Walpola Rahula, Gudo Wafu Nishijima, Stephen Batchelor, Tilopa, Mahasi Sayadaw, Balangoda Ananda Maitreya, Chatral Rinpoche, Karma Kagyu, Taitetsu Unno, Dharmakirti, Vairotsana, Namkhai Nyingpo, Tran Duc Thao, Abhayakaragupta, Chandragomin, Marpa Lotsawa, Ledi Sayadaw, Roger Corless, Dignāga, Uisang, Dhardo Rimpoche, David Loy, Taranatha, Gö Khugpa, Subhuti, Hammalawa Saddhatissa, Thubten Gyatso, Aryadeva, Aśvaghoṣa, Ennin, Luong Kim Dinh, Gö Lotsawa, Keiji Nishitani, Rinchen Zangpo, Keian Genju, Jnanasutra, Gorampa, Elizabeth Burns, Jinul, Dhammapala, Won Gwang, Tashi Tsering, Dharmarakṣa, Yungtön Dorjepel, Enchin, Geshe Thupten Jinpa, Hajime Nakamura, Dharmarakshita, Shin'ichi Hisamatsu, Lê Quý Đôn, Maitreya-Nātha, Haribhadra, Ajahn Sundara, Bodhisena, Nick Ribush, Sthiramati, Tanzan, Hiro Sachiya, Sengzhao, Yumo Mikyo Dorje, Uicheon, Buddhapālita, Dagpo Tashi Namgyal, Zhi Dun. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 552. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Jet...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=20238168

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