Yen Fo-t'iao

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The first known Chinese monk, Yen Fo-t'iao, was from Lin-huai. He regarded himself as a disciple of An Shih-kao. Together with An Hsüan, he translated the Ugradattaparipṛccha (T322, Fa-ching ching).

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The disciples of the Buddha who aspire to attain individual liberation or nirvāṇa. The final goal of the Hearers is to become an arhat, a state in which one has totally eliminated the inner problems of attachment, hatred and ignorance, the main causes for rebirth in this cycle of existence. There are four stages of a śrāvaka path including eight phases.