Dear Learned Piya Tan,

Remember the transference of merit pali words you sent I have accidentally delected it, could you send me again please.

metta and kor kamaa
Alex

Alex Long <duriank24@...> wrote:
Saddhu and namaste Learned Piya Tan for the comprehensive list of the 18 Arahats. I am sure it benefits us and the time we had to learn the sublime dhamma. ÄѵÄ.
Currently I am reading relatives and disciples of the Buddha by Rashika Abeysekera.

metta
Alex

Piya Tan <dharmafarer@...> wrote:
Dear Alex Durian,

I'm not a Mahayana expert though I had an interest in it decades back. Hope
this is useful:

THE 18 ARHATS (disciples of the Buddha)
[Sometimes only 16 are listed)

1. Pin-tu-lo Po-lo-to-she (Pindola Bharadvaaja): He has a lion-like voice
and the ability to fly. Chinese pious
tradition say that In a remote past birth he was a bad son and a cruel man
and had to heat bricks and stones in hell. Characteristics: open book and
mendicant staff.

2. Ka-no-ka-Fa-Tso (Kanaka Vatsa). A wise arhat.

3. Pin-t'ou-luo To-lo-sui-shih: A second Pindola: A hairy man who was
stationed in the Purva-Videha region with 600 arhats under his charge.

4. Nan-t'i Mi-ti-lo Ching-yu, Nandimitra: Sits with an alms bowl, with a
book in his left hand, and an incense
urn beside him. He snaps his right fingers, representing the moment of
awakening.

5. Pa-no-ka (Bakula): Long-lived and was free of bodily ailments.
Characteristics: he teaches with a boy by
his side and he holds a rosary with 108 beads.

6. Tan-mo-lo Po-t'o (Tamra Bhadra): A cousin of the Buddha: represented as
holding prayer beads.

7. Ka-li-ha (Kalika or Kala): He sits in meditation. Has very long eyebrows
that almost touches the ground.

8. Fa-she-na Fu-to (Vajraputra): Shown as being hairy, lean, with ribs
showing.

9. Chieh-po-ka (Gopaka): Shown with a fan in his hand.

10. Pan-t'o-ka (Panthaka the Elder): Arhat with an excellent mind. thought,
with the power to go through solid objects, create fire and water, and
change his size to the point of being invisible. He sits on a rock reading a
text.

11. Lo-hu-lo (Rahula), the son of the Buddha: Shown as bald, domed head,
bushy eyebrows, and a hooked nose.

12. Na-ka-shi-na (Nagasena): Great Buddhist philosopher, with a commanding
presence.

13. Yin-chieh-t'o (Angida): Shown as an old monk with a gnarled, wooden
staff and a Sanskrit book.

14. Fa-na-p'o-ssu: Shown in a cave with eyes closed and hands over his
knees.

15. A-shih-to (Asita or Ajita): An old seer with long eyebrows, nursing his
right knee while meditating.

16. Chu-ch'a-Pan-t'o-ka (Cuda-Panthaka or Pantha the Younger): Began monk
life as slow-witted, but
after the Buddha taught him meditation, gained arhathood and the ability to
fly and shape-shift. Shown
as old man with a fan in hand and sitting against an old tree.

17. A-tzu-ta (Ajita): Shown as an old man sitting on a rock with a bamboo
staff.

18. Po-lo-t'o-she (Probably another form of Pindola Bharadvaja): Riding a
tiger, representing as subduing
the animal nature in us.

With the overlap of certain names, understandably there total only 16
arhats.

As you see the names are in Sanskrit with some overlap with the Pali. The
Pali tradition speaks of 80
maha thera (great elders) such as in the Theragatha Atthakatha.

I'm sure some scholars has done some study of them: anyone knows about this?

With metta,

Piya Tan

On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 9:36 AM, duriank24 <duriank24@...> wrote:

> Dear Learned Piya Tan and Bros/sis,
>
> I am curious to know about the pali name of the eighteen luohan
> according to chinese Buddhism, are they the same as the Arahant
> disciples of the Buddha?
>
> metta
> Alex
>
>
>

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