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'''Nanda''' (Skt. ''Nanda''; Tib. [[དགའ་བོ་]], [[Wyl.]] ''dga' bo'') — a cousin of the [[Buddha]] who was at first strongly attached to his beautiful wife, but later became a monk and attained the level of an [[arhat]]. [[Ananda]]'s younger brother. He is listed among the previous incarnations of [[Jikmé Lingpa]]. | '''Nanda''' (Skt. ''Nanda''; Tib. [[དགའ་བོ་]], ''gawo'', [[Wyl.]] ''dga' bo'') — a cousin of the [[Buddha]] who was at first strongly attached to his beautiful wife, but later became a monk and attained the level of an [[arhat]]. [[Ananda]]'s younger brother. He is listed among the previous incarnations of [[Jikmé Lingpa]]. | ||
==Further Reading== | ==Further Reading== | ||
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Nanda (Skt. Nanda; Tib. དགའ་བོ་, gawo, Wyl. dga' bo) — a cousin of the Buddha who was at first strongly attached to his beautiful wife, but later became a monk and attained the level of an arhat. Ananda's younger brother. He is listed among the previous incarnations of Jikmé Lingpa.
Further Reading
- Patrul Rinpoche, The Words of My Perfect Teacher (Boston: Shambhala, Revised edition, 1998), pages 95-96.