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| [[Ajnata Kaundinya]] ([[6th century BCE]]) - [[अज्ञात कौण्डिन्य]] - [[Ājñātakauṇḍinya]] - [[Aññāsikoṇḍañña]] - [[ཀུན་ཤེས་ཀཽ་ཎྜི་ནྱ།]] [[kun shes koNDi nya]] [[kunshe kondinya]] - [[阿若憍陳如]] [[阿若憍陈如]], [[Āruòjiāochénrú]] - [[아야교진여]] [[Ayagyojinyeo]] - [[阿若憍陳如]] [[Anyakyōjinnyo]] - [[Kauṇḍinya]] | [[Ajnata Kaundinya]] ([[6th century BCE]]) - [[अज्ञात कौण्डिन्य]] - [[Ājñātakauṇḍinya]] - [[Aññāsikoṇḍañña]] - [[ཀུན་ཤེས་ཀཽ་ཎྜི་ནྱ།]] [[kun shes koNDi nya]] [[kunshe kondinya]] - [[阿若憍陳如]] [[阿若憍陈如]], [[Āruòjiāochénrú]] - [[아야교진여]] [[Ayagyojinyeo]] - [[阿若憍陳如]] [[Anyakyōjinnyo]] - [[Kauṇḍinya]] |
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| | [[Ajnata Kaundinya]] ([[आज्ञातकौण्डिन्य]] - [[Ājñātakauṇḍinya]]; [[ཀུན་ཤེས་ཀཽཎྜི་ནྱ།]] [[kun shes kauN+Di nya]] [[Kunshe Kaundinya]]) was the very first disciple of [[Shakyamuni]] [[Buddha]] to comprehend the [[Dharma]] and attain [[awakening]], earning the epithet of the one who has understood. Born into a prestigious Brahmin family in Donavatthu near Kapilavastu in ancient [[India]] during the [[6th century BCE]], his exact [[year of birth]] and [[year of death]] are not definitively recorded in historical archives, though he lived through the [[5th century BCE]]. As a brilliant scholar of the Vedas and physiognomy, he was the youngest of the eight Brahmins summoned to interpret the auspicious marks on the infant Prince Siddhartha, uniquely prophesying with absolute certainty that the prince would practice complete [[renunciation]] and become a fully enlightened [[Buddha]] rather than a worldly monarch. Convinced of this destiny, [[Ajnata Kaundinya]] left his family alongside four younger Brahmins to await the prince's spiritual quest, joining him in extreme ascetic practices for six years before temporarily departing when [[Shakyamuni]] abandoned severe self-mortification in favor of the [[Middle Way]]. |
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| | Following his enlightenment beneath the Bodhi tree, [[Shakyamuni]] traveled to the Deer Park at Sarnath to reunite with his five former companions and deliver his inaugural discourse, the Turning of the Wheel of the [[Dharma]], preserved in the [[Tibetan Tripitaka]] as [[Toh Number 337]] and in the [[Chinese Tripitaka]] as [[Taisho Number 109]] and [[Taisho Number 110]]. As [[Ajnata Kaundinya]] listened attentively to the exposition of the [[Four Noble Truths]] and the [[Noble Eightfold Path]], his mind opened to the profound reality of [[anicca]] and [[dependent origination]], realizing that whatever is subject to origination is equally subject to cessation. Seeing this transformative insight, [[Shakyamuni]] joyfully exclaimed that [[Kaundinya]] had truly understood, thereby granting him the prefix Ajnata and ordaining him as the very first member of the monastic [[Sangha]] after he took [[refuge]] in the [[Buddha]], the [[Dharma]], and the [[Sangha]]. |
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| | Through diligent [[meditation]], [[mindfulness]], and strict [[ethical conduct]], [[Ajnata Kaundinya]] swiftly eradicated the [[three poisons]] and achieved full liberation as an arhat, attaining complete freedom from [[karma]], [[dukkha]], and the cycles of [[samsara]]. Celebrated throughout the [[Buddhist]] tradition as the senior-most monastic and foremost in seniority and experiential [[wisdom]], he exemplified [[equanimity]], [[non-attachment]], and [[right view]], serving as an inspiring model for later [[bodhisattvas]] and [[Buddhist Masters]] such as [[Nagarjuna]], [[Asanga]], and [[Atisha]]. After twelve years of teaching the path to [[nirvana]], he sought permission from [[Shakyamuni]] to retire to the tranquil Chaddanta lake in the Himalayas, where he abided in deep [[concentration]] and [[loving-kindness]] until he peacefully passed into [[parinirvana]]. |
