Sunakshatra
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Sunakshatra
善星比丘 (Skt; Jpn Zensho-biku)
One of Shakyamuni's disciples, regarded as one of his sons from before becoming a monk. According to the Mahaparinirvana Sutra, Sunakshatra joined the Buddhist Order, freed himself from all ties with the world of desire, and mastered the four stages of meditation. Influenced by evil teachers, however, he lost his mastery of the four stages of meditation and became attached to the mistaken view that there is no Buddha, no Law, and no attainment of nirvana. The Parinirvana Sutra says: "At that time the Thus Come One and Bodhisattva Kashyapa went to where Sunakshatra was. The monk Sunakshatra saw them coming from afar and immediately evil thoughts arose in his mind. And because of this evil in his mind, he fell alive into the Avichi hell."