Alara Kalama

History

"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
  1. Wynne 2007, p. 10.
  2. Laumakis, Stephen. An Introduction to Buddhist philosophy. 2008. p. 8
  3. Upadhyaya, K. N. (2017). Managing Diversity in Organizations: A Global Perspective. Wisconsin, USA: María Triana. p. 163. ISBN 113891701X.
  4. "Ariyapariyesana Sutta,translation by Thanissaro Bhikkhu". Retrieved 2014-06-29.
  5. "Kapila and the Samkhya School". chinabuddhismencyclopedia.com.
  6. "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)

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