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## Introduction Thus have I heard. At one time, the Buddha was dwelling in the city of King's House (Räjagrha), on Grdhraküta mountain, together with twelve thousand [Skt., twelve hundred] great bhikfus [mendicant monks]. All were arhants [men enlightened but not Buddhas], their outflows already exhausted, never again subject to anguish (klesa) ; they had achieved their own advantage and annihilated the bonds of existence, and their minds had achieved self-mastery. Their names wereÄjftätakaundinya, Mahäkäsyapa, Uruvilväkäs'yapa, Gayäkäsyapa,

Author

Leon Hurvitz

Publisher

Columbia University Press

Published

1976

Language

EN

ISBN

9780231890267