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'''Nanda''' (Skt. Nanda; Tib. [[དགའ་བོ་]], [[Wyl.]] ''dga' bo'') — a cousin of the [[Buddha]] who was at first strongly attached to his beautiful wife, but later became a monk and attained the level of an [[arhat]]. He is listed among the previous incarnations of [[Jikmé Lingpa]].  
'''Nanda''' (Skt. ''Nanda''; Tib. [[དགའ་བོ་]], [[Wyl.]] ''dga' bo'') — a cousin of the [[Buddha]] who was at first strongly attached to his beautiful wife, but later became a monk and attained the level of an [[arhat]]. [[Ananda]]'s younger brother. He is listed among the previous incarnations of [[Jikmé Lingpa]].
 
==Further Reading==
*[[Patrul Rinpoche]], ''[[The Words of My Perfect Teacher]]'' (Boston: Shambhala, Revised edition, 1998), pages 95-96.


[[Category:Historical Figures]]
[[Category:Historical Figures]]
[[Category:Buddha Shakyamuni's Disciples]]
[[Category:Buddha Shakyamuni's Disciples]]

Revision as of 19:19, 14 February 2011

Nanda

Nanda (Skt. Nanda; Tib. དགའ་བོ་, Wyl. dga' bo) — a cousin of the Buddha who was at first strongly attached to his beautiful wife, but later became a monk and attained the level of an arhat. Ananda's younger brother. He is listed among the previous incarnations of Jikmé Lingpa.

Further Reading