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Sugata (T. bde bar gshegs pa; C. shanshi; J. zenzei), literally "well gone"[1] or "one who had gone to bliss",[2] is an epithet for Gautama Buddha.[1][2][3][4][5]
According to Bhikkhu Khantipalo, a scholar in the Pali tradition, the term "sugato" can be translated as "auspicious", "fortunate" or more literally "well gone", "one who has gone to goodness", "one whose going was good". This refers to both the fact that the Buddha's nirvana was good and that his awakening was a good for the world.[6]
According to Haribhadra, a scholar in the Sanskrit tradition, the Buddha is called the sugata because he is one from whom all faults have gone, and one into whom all good qualities have gone.[1]
Other epithets for the Buddha
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Robert E. Buswell Jr., Donald S. Lopez Jr., The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism (Princeton: 2014), s.v. sugata
- ↑ 2.0 2.1
Sugata, Rangjung Yeshe Wiki
- ↑ Harris 2008, p. 10.
- ↑ Thaplyal 1972, p. 74.
- ↑ Sanskrit Dictionary, sugata
- ↑ Laurence-Khantipalo Mills. Buddha, My Refuge: Contemplation of the Buddha Based on the Pali Suttas, page 53.
Sources
- Harris, Ian (2008), Cambodian Buddhism: History and Practice, University of Hawaii Press
- Thaplyal, Kiran Kumar (1972), Studies in Ancient Indian Seals: A Study of North Indian Seals and Sealings
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