Arada Kalama, Ārāḍa Kālāma, Aradakalama: 1 definition
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Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraĀrāḍa kālāma in Sanskrit or Ārāḷa Kālāma in Pali, is one of the two teachers of the Buddha, according to the Mahāparinirvāṇa-sūtra (Pali, Mahāparinibbāna-sutta), as mentioned in the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter 36.—Notes: Meeting the Buddha between Kuśinagarī and Pāpā, a minister of the Mallas called Putkasa spoke to him about his teacher Ārāḍa Kālāma and his extraordinary power of concentration: one day when he was deep in meditation, Ārāḍa did not hear the noise of a caravan of five hundred wagons that passed by close to him. The Buddha affirmed that he too possessed a similar power of absorption and gave him as proof an incident that had occurred in the village of Ādumā (in Pāli, Ātumā).
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
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Partial matches: Arada, Kalama.
Full-text: Alara Kalama, Akimcanyayatana, Evamdarshana, Jinashravaka, Putkasa, Kushinagari, Papa, Tathadarshana, Aduma.
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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
The Miracle of Ādumā < [Part 2 - The Eight Recollections according to the Abhidharma]
Part 1 - For what reasons did the Buddha preach Mahāprajñāpāramitāsūtra? < [Chapter I - Explanation of Arguments]
The Mahavastu (great story) (by J. J. Jones)
Chapter XIV - The great renunciation < [Volume II]
Chapter XIX - Gotama’s early wanderings < [Volume II]
Chapter XXIX - From Uruvilvā to Benares < [Volume III]
The gods of northern Buddhism (by Alice Getty)
Part I - Buddha < [Introduction]
The Fo-Sho-Hing-Tsan-King (A Life of Buddha) (by Samuel Beal)
Varga 12. Visit To Arāḍa Udrarāma < [Kiouen III]
Guhyagarbha Tantra (with Commentary) (by Gyurme Dorje)
Introduction 1: (A Single Supreme Emanational Buddha-body) < [Chapter 3 (text and commentary)]
Mahayana Mahaparinirvana Sutra
Chapter XLV - On On Kaundinya (a) < [Section Ten]
Chapter XXVII - On Bodhisattva Highly-Virtuous King (a) < [Section Six]
Chapter XXXIV - On Bodhisattva Lion's Roar (b) < [Section Seven]