Kauṇḍinya
Kauṇḍinya (P. Koṇḍañña; T. ko'u di nya ཀོའུ་དི་ཉ་) also known as Ājñātakauṇḍinya ( P. Aññātakoṇḍañña; T. kun shes ko 'un di nya C. Aruojiaochenru; J. Anyakyōjinnyo; K. Ayakkyojinyŏ 阿若憍陳如) was one of the five ascetics who became the first five disciples of the Gautama Buddha.
After the birth of Siddhartha, Kauṇḍinya was one of the eight brāhmaṇas invited by King Śuddhodana to predict the future of his newborn child. The other brāhmaṇas predicted that Siddhartha would become either a chakravartin or a buddha. Kauṇḍinya was the only one to predict that Siddhartha would definitely become a buddha.[1][2]
After the Siddhartha attained enlightenment under the Bodhi tree (and became the Buddha), he gave his first teaching, known as the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta, to Kauṇḍinya and the other four ascetics. At the end of this teaching, the Buddha realized that Kauṇḍinya had fully understood his words. The sutra states:
- Then the Blessed One uttered the pronouncement: “It is Kauṇḍinya who has seen deeply! Kauṇḍinya who has seen deeply.” And so it was that the name of Venerable Kauṇḍinya became “Kauṇḍinya the deep seer.”[3]
The name Ājñātakauṇḍinya means “Kauṇḍinya the deep seer” or "“Kauṇḍinya who knows”.
Kauṇḍinya was the first disciple to take ordination as a monk.
Notes
- ↑ Ajahn Sucitto 2010, p. 18.
- ↑ Buswell & Lopez 2014, s.v. Ājñātakauṇḍinya.
- ↑ Ajahn Sucitto 2010, pp. 215-216.
Sources
Ajahn Sucitto (2010), Turning the Wheel of Truth: Commentary on the Buddha's First Teaching, Shambhala
Buswell, Robert E.; Lopez, Donald S. (2014), The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism, Princeton University
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