Nanda
Nanda (Skt. Nanda; Tib. དགའ་བོ་, gawo, Wyl. dga' bo) — a half-brother of Buddha Shakyamuni. He was the son of king Shuddhodana and his second wife Mahaprajapati (Skt. Mahāprājāpatī), who was the sister of Mayadevi, Buddha's mother.
At first he was strongly attached to his beautiful wife to be, but later became a monk and attained the level of an arhat.
Further Reading
- Patrul Rinpoche, The Words of My Perfect Teacher (Boston: Shambhala, Revised edition, 1998), pages 95-96.[1]
Notes
- ↑ It should be noted that there is a mistake in Padmakara's translation, where Nanda is referred to as the cousin of the Buddha. The meaning of the Tibetan word gcung is younger brother.