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'''Ananda''' (Skt. ''Ānanda''; Tib. [[ཀུན་དགའ་བོ་]], [[Wyl.]] ''kun dga' bo'') — the [[Buddha]]'s cousin who later became his attendant. He remembered all the [[sutra]] teachings of the Buddha and recited them at the first council (See [[Three Buddhist Councils]]). He was the second of the [[seven patriarchs]].
'''Ananda''' (Skt. ''Ānanda''; Tib. [[ཀུན་དགའ་བོ་]], Wyl. ''kun dga' bo'') — the [[Buddha]]'s cousin who later became his attendant. He was then son of [[Amritodana]] (Skt. Amṛtodana), the brother of Buddha's father, king [[Shuddhodana]]. He remembered all the [[sutra]] teachings of the Buddha and recited them at the first council (See [[Three Buddhist Councils]]). He was the second of the [[seven patriarchs]].  
 
==Further Reading==
*''Ways of Enlightenment; Buddhist Studies at Nyingma Institute'', pages 38-40. Dharma Publishing ISBN: 0-89800-255-9
*Dudjom Rinpoche, ''The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism, The Patriarchs of the Teachings'', pp.432-439. Published by Wisdom Publications ISBN: 0-86171-199-9


[[Category:Historical Masters]]
[[Category:Historical Masters]]
[[Category:Indian Masters]]
[[Category:Buddha Shakyamuni's Disciples]]
[[Category:Buddha Shakyamuni's Disciples]]

Revision as of 09:54, 1 November 2018

Ananda (Skt. Ānanda; Tib. ཀུན་དགའ་བོ་, Wyl. kun dga' bo) — the Buddha's cousin who later became his attendant. He was then son of Amritodana (Skt. Amṛtodana), the brother of Buddha's father, king Shuddhodana. He remembered all the sutra teachings of the Buddha and recited them at the first council (See Three Buddhist Councils). He was the second of the seven patriarchs.

Further Reading

  • Ways of Enlightenment; Buddhist Studies at Nyingma Institute, pages 38-40. Dharma Publishing ISBN: 0-89800-255-9
  • Dudjom Rinpoche, The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism, The Patriarchs of the Teachings, pp.432-439. Published by Wisdom Publications ISBN: 0-86171-199-9