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| [[Rahula]] ([[6th century BCE]]) - [[राहुल]] - [[Rāhula]] - [[Rāhula]] - [[སྒྲ་གཅན་འཛིན།]] [[sgra gcan 'dzin]] [[drachen dzin]] - [[羅睺羅]] [[罗睺罗]], [[Luóhóuluó]] - [[라후라]] [[Rahura]] - [[羅睺羅]] [[Ragora]] - [[Rāhula]] | [[Rahula]] ([[6th century BCE]]) - [[राहुल]] - [[Rāhula]] - [[Rāhula]] - [[སྒྲ་གཅན་འཛིན།]] [[sgra gcan 'dzin]] [[drachen dzin]] - [[羅睺羅]] [[罗睺罗]], [[Luóhóuluó]] - [[라후라]] [[Rahura]] - [[羅睺羅]] [[Ragora]] - [[Rāhula]] |
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| | [[Rahula]] ([[राहुल]] - [[Rāhula]]; [[སྒྲ་གཅན་འཛིན།]] [[sgra gcan 'dzin]] [[Drachen Dzin]]) was the only biological son of [[Shakyamuni]] [[Buddha]] and Princess Yashodhara, revered throughout the [[Buddhist]] tradition as the disciple foremost in rigorous training and silent dedication to the monastic [[precepts]]. Born in Kapilavastu in ancient [[India]] during the [[6th century BCE]], traditionally around the [[year of birth]] [[534 BCE]] on the very night his father departed the palace to practice [[renunciation]], his exact [[year of death]] is not definitively fixed in historical archives, though he lived and taught through the [[5th century BCE]]. Seven years after achieving complete [[awakening]], [[Shakyamuni]] returned to Kapilavastu, where Yashodhara sent young [[Rahula]] to ask his father for his royal inheritance. Recognizing that worldly wealth was bound to [[dukkha]] and [[samsara]], the [[Buddha]] instead offered him the supreme spiritual inheritance of the [[Dharma]], instructing [[Shariputra]] to ordain [[Rahula]] as the very first novice monastic in the [[Sangha]] and guiding him to take [[refuge]] in the [[Buddha]], the [[Dharma]], and the [[Sangha]]. |
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| | Throughout his monastic training, [[Rahula]] displayed extraordinary humility, [[mindfulness]], and an eagerness to receive instruction, strictly avoiding any pride over being the [[Buddha]]'s son. [[Shakyamuni]] personally delivered several foundational discourses to him, most notably the Ambalatthika-Rahulovada Sutta on the absolute necessity of [[right speech]] and truthfulness, and the Maha-Rahulovada Sutta on cultivating [[loving-kindness]], [[compassion]], [[equanimity]], and [[meditation]] on the elements and breathing, which are preserved in the [[Chinese Tripitaka]] as [[Taisho Number 26]] and [[Taisho Number 99]], and echoed in the [[Tibetan Tripitaka]] within the Vinaya and sutra collections starting at [[Toh Number 1]] and [[Toh Number 301]]. By diligently applying [[right effort]], [[ethical conduct]], and deep [[concentration]], [[Rahula]] purified his mind of the [[three poisons]], penetrated the truths of [[anicca]], [[anatta]], and [[dependent origination]], and attained full [[awakening]] as an arhat, realizing [[nirvana]] and complete liberation from [[karma]]. |
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| | In Mahayana scriptures, [[Rahula]] is further honored as a model of unobtrusive devotion and [[non-attachment]], appearing among the great assembly of enlightened disciples in texts such as the Lotus Sutra, cataloged in the [[Tibetan Tripitaka]] as [[Toh Number 113]] and in the [[Chinese Tripitaka]] as [[Taisho Number 262]], where [[Shakyamuni]] prophesies his future attainment of supreme [[Buddha]] status. Embodying quiet [[wisdom]], mastery over the [[five aggregates]], and unwavering commitment to the [[Middle Way]] and the [[Noble Eightfold Path]], [[Rahula]] is also venerated among the Sixteen Arhats tasked with protecting the [[Dharma]] until the arrival of [[Maitreya]]. His exemplary life of disciplined practice inspired generations of [[bodhisattvas]] and later [[Buddhist Masters]] such as [[Nagarjuna]], [[Asanga]], and [[Atisha]] before [[Rahula]] peacefully passed into [[parinirvana]]. |
