Angaja

One of the Sixteen Arhats

1 Angaja [Tib. Yenlag Chung]

As a householder Angaja was immensely wealthy and gave away all his wealth seven times, but he realized his riches only caused jealousy and dispute. Distributing everything he had, he asked the Buddha for ordination and joined the Sangha, later becoming an arhat.

Angaja now dwells on Mt. Kailash with a retinue of 1,300 arhats.On this sacred mountain the Buddha explained the law of karma, setting beings of all realms onto the path of liberation.

He holds a flywhisk and an incense bowl; smelling the incense or touching the flywhisk grants the sweet fragrance of shila (self discipline) which liberates beings from all manner of emotional pain.

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