▸ HEAD-TO-HEAD
ASANGA VS KUMĀRAJĪVA
Asanga
~4th c.
At the edge of what language can hold.
Kumārajīva
344–413
At the edge of what language can hold.
▸ WHERE THEY SHARPLY DISAGREED
The three dimensions on which Asanga and Kumārajīva are farthest apart on Mull's 0–10 scale.
- Universalist ImpulseΔ 2 / 10Asanga: 8/10Kumārajīva: 6/10
somewhat (2/10): Asanga reaches for universal moral principles; Kumārajīva weighs particular contexts more heavily.
- Trust in ReasonΔ 1 / 10Asanga: 7/10Kumārajīva: 6/10
somewhat (1/10): Asanga trusts reasoned argument more strongly than Kumārajīva does.
- Reverence for TraditionΔ 1 / 10Asanga: 6/10Kumārajīva: 7/10
somewhat (1/10): Kumārajīva treats inherited tradition as a source of wisdom; Asanga is readier to question it.
▸ WHERE THEY OVERLAPPED
Where the gap is smallest — both with meaningful presence on the dimension (not "neither cared").
- Self as Illusiongap 0 / 10Asanga: 9/10Kumārajīva: 9/10
Both lean strongly into self as illusion.
- Ascetic Tendencygap 0 / 10Asanga: 7/10Kumārajīva: 7/10
Both lean strongly into ascetic tendency.
- Practical Orientationgap 0 / 10Asanga: 6/10Kumārajīva: 6/10
Both register moderate practical orientation.
▸ ALL 16 DIMENSIONS
The full vector comparison. Bars show their 0–10 scores side-by-side.
- Ascetic TendencyΔ 0
- Communal EmbeddednessΔ 0
- Embodied SensibilityΔ 0
- Mystical ReceptivityΔ 0
- Practical OrientationΔ 0
- Reverence for TraditionΔ 1
- Self as IllusionΔ 0
- Skeptical ReflexΔ 0
- Sovereign SelfΔ 0
- Theoretical DriveΔ 1
- Trust in ExperienceΔ 0
- Trust in ReasonΔ 1
- Tragic VisionΔ 0
- Universalist ImpulseΔ 2
- Vital AffirmationΔ 0
- Will to PowerΔ 0
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