Asvaghosa - Asvaghosa Biography - Ashwaghosa Bodhisattva - Life History of Asvaghosa

Asvaghosa - Asvaghosa Biography - Ashwaghosa Bodhisattva - Life History of Asvaghosa: "Asvaghosa was once teaching and singing the principles of Dharma to a crowd in the royal city, when the king deliberately fed seven hungry horses to test their reaction to Asvaghosa's teaching. The horses were distressed due to hunger, but they did not touch the food to be relieved of their distress. Instead they understood Asvaghosha's sermon and were relieved. That is how the name Ashwaghosa bodhisattva came into being. It literally means 'horses that listen to Bodhisattva'."