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[[Image: Buddha 5 disc Namo Buddha.jpg|thumb|480px|'''Representation of the first teaching of the Buddha to the retinue of the five first excellent disciples in Namo Buddha in Nepal''']]
[[Image: Buddha 5 disc Namo Buddha.jpg|thumb|480px|'''Representation of the first teaching of the Buddha to the retinue of the five first excellent disciples in Namo Buddha in Nepal''']]
The '''retinue of the five first excellent disciples''' (Skt. ''bhadravargīya''; [[Wyl.]] '' 'khor lnga sde bzang po'') received the first teaching of the [[Buddha]] after he reached [[enlightenment]].  
The '''retinue of the five first excellent disciples''' (Skt. ''bhadravargīya''; Tib. ཁོར་ལྔ་སྡེ་བཟང་པོ་, ''khor nga dé zangpo'', [[Wyl.]] '' 'khor lnga sde bzang po'') received the first teaching of the [[Buddha]] after he reached [[enlightenment]].  


They are:
They are:
* Kaundinya (Pal. Kondanna; Skt. Kauṇḍinya),  
* [[Kaundinya]],
* Bhadrika (Pal. Bhaddiya; Skt. Bhadrika),  
* [[Bhadrika]],
* Vashpa (Pal. Vappa; Skt. Vāṣpa or Dasabala Kasyapa),  
* [[Vashpa]],
* Mahanaman (Pal. Mahanama; Skt. Mahānāman), and  
* [[Mahanaman]], and  
* [[Ashvajit]] (Pal. Assaji; Skt. Aśvajit).
* [[Ashvajit]].


They were [[Shakyamuni]]’s companions of ascetic for six years, until the one who was to become the Buddha abandoned this lifestyle seeing it was not the way. As a result of his backsliding his five companions turned away from him. Seven weeks after his reaching enlightenment the Buddha met them again in [[Sarnath]]. Though they pledged not to speak to him ever again because of what they considered his failure, awed by his presence they went up to him again and received his first teaching on the [[four noble truths]] at [[Deer Park]]. All eventually became [[arhat]]s.  
The five first excellent disciples were [[Shakyamuni]]’s ascetic companions for six years, until the Buddha to become, seeing asceticism was not the way, abandoned this extreme lifestyle. The Buddha's ascetic companions were of the opinion the Buddha lapsed in his discipline and turned away from him. However, seven weeks after the Buddha reached enlightenment they met him again in [[Sarnath]], and though they had pledged not to speak to him ever again because of what they considered his failure, awed by his presence, they went up to him and received what was to become the Buddha's first teaching on the [[four noble truths]] at [[Deer Park]]. All eventually became [[arhat]]s.  


[[Category:Buddha Shakyamuni's Disciples]]
==Canonical Literature==
*''[[The Hundred Deeds]]'', Part Two, 12. The Story of Wealth’s Delight. Translation at [https://read.84000.co/translation/toh340.html#UT22084-073-001-1125 84000].
 
[[Category: Buddha Shakyamuni's Disciples]]
[[Category: Historical Masters]]
[[Category: Historical Masters]]
[[Category: Historical Figures]]
[[Category: Historical Figures]]
[[Category: Enumerations]]
[[Category: Enumerations]]
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[[Category: 05-Five]]

Latest revision as of 13:31, 21 December 2020

Representation of the first teaching of the Buddha to the retinue of the five first excellent disciples in Namo Buddha in Nepal

The retinue of the five first excellent disciples (Skt. bhadravargīya; Tib. ཁོར་ལྔ་སྡེ་བཟང་པོ་, khor nga dé zangpo, Wyl. 'khor lnga sde bzang po) received the first teaching of the Buddha after he reached enlightenment.

They are:

The five first excellent disciples were Shakyamuni’s ascetic companions for six years, until the Buddha to become, seeing asceticism was not the way, abandoned this extreme lifestyle. The Buddha's ascetic companions were of the opinion the Buddha lapsed in his discipline and turned away from him. However, seven weeks after the Buddha reached enlightenment they met him again in Sarnath, and though they had pledged not to speak to him ever again because of what they considered his failure, awed by his presence, they went up to him and received what was to become the Buddha's first teaching on the four noble truths at Deer Park. All eventually became arhats.

Canonical Literature