Sudhana- Good Wealth, AVATAMSAKA SUTRA

 

AVATAMSAKA SUTRA

Gandavyuha Sutra, List of 53 Teachers of SUDHANA

 

The GANDAVYUHA, often referred to as an independent sutra, is the last chapter of the larger AVATAMSAKA SUTRA.

 

-Manjushri, Male, bodhisattva

Sudhana, Male, boy

 

THE FIFTY-THREE TEACHERS:

1. Meghashri, Male, monk,

2. Sagaramegha, Male, monk, Sagaramukha

3. Supratishthita, Male, monk, Lanka

4. Megha, Male, grammarian, Vajrapura,

5. Muktaka, Male, meditation community, Vanavasin

6. Saradhvaja, Male, monk,

7. Asha, Female, lay devotee, Samudravetali,

8. Bhishmottaranirghosha, Male, seer, Nalayur

9. Jayoshmayatana, Male, brahmin, Jayoshmayatana

10. Maitrayani, Female, girl, Simhavijurmbhita

 

11. Sudarshana, Male, mendicant, Trinayan

12. Indriyeshvara, Male, boy, Sumukha

13. Prabhuta, Female, laywoman, Samudrapratishthana

14. Vidvan, Male, householder, Mahasambhava

15. Ratnachuda, Male, householder, Simhapota

16. Samantanetra, Male, perfumer, Vetramulaka

17. Anala, Male, King, Taladhvaja

18. Mahaprabha, Male, King, Suprabha,

19. Achala, Female, Sthira

20. Sarvagamin, Male, mendicant, Tosala

 

21. Utpalabhuti, Male, perfumer, Prthurashtra

22. Vaira, Male, mariner, Kutagara

23. Jayottama, Male, city elder, Nandihara,

24. Sinhavijurmbhita, Female, Nun, Kalingavana

25. Vasumitra, Female, lay woman, Durga Land,

26. Veshthila, Male, householder, Shubhaparmgama

27. Avalokiteshvara, Male, bodhisattva

28. Ananyagamin, Male, universal traveller

29. Mahadeva, Male, deva

30. Sthavara, Female, Earth Goddess

 

31. Vasanti, Female, Night Goddess, Kapilavastu

32. Samantagambhira Shrivimalaprabha, Female, Night Goddess,

33. Pramuditanayana Jagadvirocana, Female, Night Goddess,

34. Samantasattvatranojahshri, Female, Night Goddess,

35. Prashantarutasagaravati, Female, Night Goddess,

36. Sarvanagararakshasambhavatejahshri, Female, Night Goddess,

37. Sarvavrikshapraphullanasukhasamvasa, Female, Night Goddess,

38. Sarvajagadrakshapranidhanaviryaprabha, Female, Night Goddess,

39. Sutejomandalaratishri, Female, Night Goddess, Lumbini

 

40. Gopa, Female, girl, Kapilavastu,

41. Maya, Female, mother of the Buddha,

42. Surendrabha, Female, Goddess, Thirty-three Heaven,

43. Vishvamitra, Male, Kapilavastu, teacher

44. Shilpabhijna, Male, Kapilavastu, (Letters)

45. Bhadrottama, Female, lay woman,

46. Muktasara, Male, goldsmith, Bharukaccha

47. Suchandra, Male, householder, Bharukaccha,

48. Ajitasena, Male, householder, Roruka

49. Shivaragra, Male, Brahmin, Dharma village

50. Shrisambhava & Shrimati, Male & Female, boy and girl, Sumanamukha,

51. Maitreya, Male, bodhisattva

52. Manjushri, Male, bodhisattva

53. Samantabhadra, Male, bodhisattva

 

CHAPTER 39: “ENTERING THE DHARMA REALM”

Sudhana- Good Wealth