Buddhabhadra

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Buddhabhadra (359–429). Buddhist Sarvāstivāda monk, who was born in Kashmir, and entered the saṅgha at 17. He met Chih-yen, who advised him to go to China. There he translated basic works (e.g. Mahāparinirvānasūtra and Vināya-piṭaka), but came into conflict with Kumārajīva monks, and took refuge, away from the capital, in Lu-shan. There he became an interpreter of the teaching of Huiyuan.