vasumitra, isamitra

[Guest guest]

we were discussing Isa being the contemporary of Kanishka. Kanishka has conducted the 4th council of Buddhism that dealt with Sarvastivadin. Rabatak inscription also confirms that Kanishka  was  indeed connected  with Sarvastivadin.

Our knowledge of Kanishka’s council depends

chiefly on the traditions reported by Hsuan Chaung [1] which presents many difficulties

[2] . He tells us that the king, acting in consultation with parsva, issued

summons to all the learned doctors of his realm. They came in such crowds that

a severe test was imposed and only 499 Arhats were selected. There was some

discussion as to the place of meet but finally Kashmir

[3] was selected and the king built a monastery for the Brethren. When the

council met, there arose a question as to wehterh Vasumitra (who is not further

described) should be admitted seeing that he was not an Arhat but aspired to the career of a BodhisatvaHere, the sarvastivadins believe that Vasumitra is a Bodhisatva and it is very much possible that he is Maitreya. [4]

who is Vasumitra? There is no reply to this. Nor do we know many details about him.In reality, Vasumitra could be the sage of Mitra called Isa (Isa the  Mitra) which we had been discussing earlier. regards,

Kishore patnaik -- Should you find yourself the victim of other people’s bitterness, ignorance, smallness or insecurities, remember things could have been worse – you could be one of them!

[Guest guest]

PLEASE VISIT THIS SITE

 

[PDF] AN ANCIENT MARINER’S COMPASS: SELECTED DISCUSSION

File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTMLDeepak Bhattacharya and Prahallad Chandra Naik [5] have presented that ..... dated archaeology was done until Deepak Bhattacharya [13] did so in various ...www.pfri.hr/pomorstvo/2008/02/05_bhattacharya_naik.pdf - Similar pagesby D Bhattacharya - All 2 versions