Sengchou

Sengchou on the DRL

僧稠

English Phonetics	Sengchou
Sort Name	Sengchou

Dates

Birth:	480
Death:	560

Tibetan calendar dates

Dates of birth

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Rab Jyung

Dates of passing

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Rab Jyung

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Biographical Information

Sengchou 僧稠 (480-560), lived in monastery by the name of Xianjusi (Tranquil Dwelling Monastery), which had once been the private villa of Emperor Xuanwudi (r. 499-515) of the Northern Wei dynasty. Seng Chou's meditation accomplishments were legendary and he had a profound influence on Chinese Buddhist history as a whole. He was a disciple of Buddhabhadra.

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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.