Alara Kalama
Alar Kalama Lingo (Pāḷi Āḷāra Kālāma, Sanskrit: Ārāḍa Kālāpa) was a hermit saint and a teacher of ancient meditation.[1][2][3] He was the specialist of Śramaṇa philosophy. According to the Pāli Canon scriptures, he was the first teacher of Gautama Buddha.[4]
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"Alara Kalama (Ālāra-Kālāma) was a hermit saint and a teacher of yogic meditation. According to the Pāli Canon scriptures, he was one of the teachers of Gautama Buddha......After Gautama became an ascetic, he went to Alara Kalama, who was a teacher that taught a kind of early Samkhya philosophy at Vessali. Alara taught Gautama Buddha meditation, especially a dhyānic state called the "sphere of nothingness" (Pali: ākiñcaññāyatana)[5]
Gautama eventually equalled Alara, who could not teach him more, saying, "You are the same as I am now. There is no difference between us. Stay here and take my place and teach my students with me."[4] Gautama was not interested in staying. After leaving, the Buddha found a new teacher, Uddaka Ramaputta.[6]
References
- Wynne 2007, p. 10.
- Laumakis, Stephen. An Introduction to Buddhist philosophy. 2008. p. 8
- Upadhyaya, K. N. (2017). Managing Diversity in Organizations: A Global Perspective. Wisconsin, USA: María Triana. p. 163. ISBN 113891701X.
- "Ariyapariyesana Sutta,translation by Thanissaro Bhikkhu". Retrieved 2014-06-29.
- "Kapila and the Samkhya School". chinabuddhismencyclopedia.com.
- "The Buddha's First Teachers". Article on Buddhanet.net. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
Bibliography
Wynne, Alexander (16 April 2007). The Origin of Buddhist Meditation. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-09741-8.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)