Ashvaghosha (Aśvaghoṣa; 馬鳴; b. For other uses, see number 80. ...
80? d. For other uses, see number 150. ...
150?) was an Indian or Indians can refer to: Anything from or related to the country of India, including: The people of India, sometimes called Asian Indians to differentiate from American Indians The many languages of India The Indian subcontinent or the adjoining Indian Ocean Native Americans, the aboriginal people of the Americas...
Indian Poets are authors of poems. ...
poet. He is said to be the author of the influential Statues of Buddha such as this, the Tian Tan Buddha statue in Hong Kong, remind followers to practice right living. ...
Buddhist text Awakening of Faith in the Mahayana.
Then Ashvaghosha knew that his new Teacher was no ordinary human being, and he joyfully undertook the life of the disciple.
Beginning with an invocation of the Buddhas in the ten directions, the Dharma and the Sangha, Ashvaghosha outlined the contents of his text and indicated its purpose: to arouse faith in the Mahayana, banish doubts and nurture the seed of bodhichitta, the Buddha-consciousness.
For Ashvaghosha, 'Mahayana' did not refer to a body of doctrine and practice distinct from that of the Hinayana or Theravada, but rather to the essence of reality – bhutatathata – without attribute or quality in itself and the ground of being as the One Mind.
The Acts of Buddha (Buddhacharitra) is attributed to Ashvaghosha, although we cannot really be certain of the author.
The Sanskrit text by Ashvaghosha is considered the most reliable tale of the life of Buddha, and even early on it was translated into many languages.
Interesting 1994 article by Priyatosh Banerjee on the impact of Central Asia on Indian culture with references to discoveries of fragments of dramas attributed to Ashvaghosha.
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