The Tibetan Iconography of Buddhas, Bodhisattvas and other Deities
author: Lokesh Chandra
edition: 2002, D. K. Printworld Pvt. Ltd.
pages: 807
ISBN-10: 812460178X
ISBN-13: 9788124601785
Topic: Tibetan-buddhism
Sanakavasin
This chapter describes Sanakavasin located on page 592 and contained in the collection "Arhats (Lohan): Various Arhats" in the book Tibetan Iconography (a unique pantheon). This book deals with the iconography of deities within the Pantheon of Tibetan Buddhism, such as Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, Arhats, Matrkas (Goddesses), Gurus (Teachers), Protective Deities and various other spiritual entities. The Buddhist art and iconography in this book is accompanied by Chinese eulogies.
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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra [by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön]
The Sthavira Shanakavasin, a great arhat, was a disciple contemporaneous with the Sthavira Ananda. At that time, this Venerable was a faithful transmitter of the Bhagavat’s teachings, but, by the time of the nirvana of the arhat, 77,000 jatakas and sutras, 10,000 shastras had already disappeared. If so many sutras and shastras disappeared under one scholar, what has not happened from that day until today when hundreds, thousands, of scholars have followed one after the other?...
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