Alara Kalama
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Alara Kalama
[阿羅邏5藍] (Pali; Skt Arada Kalama; Jpn Arara-karan)
A hermit-sage and master of yogic meditation who lived near Rajagriha (Vaishali, according to another account) in ancient India. He is said to have mastered the meditation on the Realm of Nothingness. He was the first teacher under whom Shakyamuni studied and practiced after renouncing the secular world. Shakyamuni quickly mastered the same meditation but, unable to gain the enlightenment he had sought, left Alara Kalama.
