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13 '''Panthaka''' [Tib. Lamten]
'''Panthaka''' (Skt. ; Tib. ལམ་ཆེན་བསྟན་, ''Lamchenten''; [[Wyl.]] ''lam chen bstan'') — one of the [[Sixteen Arhats]].


Panthaka is the elder brother of Chulapanthaka, the eleventh of the Sixteen Arhats. He was an accomplished scholar with hundreds of students. After listening to a monk explain the Buddha's teaching of interdependant origination he sought ordination, studied and meditated on the teachings and attained the level of arhat. He then taught the Dharma widely.  
Panthaka is the elder brother of [[Chulapanthaka]], the eleventh of the Sixteen Arhats. He was an accomplished scholar with hundreds of students. After listening to a monk explain the [[Buddha]]'s teaching of [[interdependent origination]] he sought ordination, studied and meditated on the teachings and attained the level of [[arhat]]. He then taught the [[Dharma]] widely.  


He dwells in the Heaven of the Thirty Three together with 900 arhats.
He dwells in the [[Heaven of the Thirty-Three]] together with 900 arhats.


With his left hand in a teaching mudra and his right carrying a book, he aids those who earnestly wish to study, practise and meditate on the Buddha’s teachings.
With his left hand in a [[mudra of teaching the Dharma|teaching mudra]] and his right carrying a book, he aids those who earnestly wish to study, practise and meditate on the Buddha’s teachings.


==Further Reading==
*''Crystal Mirror, volume VI'', Dharma Publishing 1984.


For more details see ''Crystal Mirror, volume VI'', Dharma Publishing 1984
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Panthaka

Panthaka (Skt. ; Tib. ལམ་ཆེན་བསྟན་, Lamchenten; Wyl. lam chen bstan) — one of the Sixteen Arhats.

Panthaka is the elder brother of Chulapanthaka, the eleventh of the Sixteen Arhats. He was an accomplished scholar with hundreds of students. After listening to a monk explain the Buddha's teaching of interdependent origination he sought ordination, studied and meditated on the teachings and attained the level of arhat. He then taught the Dharma widely.

He dwells in the Heaven of the Thirty-Three together with 900 arhats.

With his left hand in a teaching mudra and his right carrying a book, he aids those who earnestly wish to study, practise and meditate on the Buddha’s teachings.

Further Reading

  • Crystal Mirror, volume VI, Dharma Publishing 1984.