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The Sixteen Arhats (Japanese: 十六羅漢, ''Juroku Rakan''; Tibetan: གནས་བརྟན་བཅུ་དྲུག, "Neten Chudrug") are a group of legendary Arhats in Buddhism. The grouping of sixteen Arhats was brought to China, and later to Tibet, from India. In China, an expanded group of Eighteen Arhats became more popular, but worship of the sixteen Arhats continues to the present day in Japan and Tibet. In Japan sixteen Arhats are particularly popular in Zen Buddhism, where they are treated as examples of behaviour.〔(''Manual of Zen Buddhism'' Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki p.168 )〕 In Tibet, the sixteen Arhats, also known as sixteen sthaviras ('elders') are the subject of a liturgical practice associated with the festival of the Buddha's birth,〔(Translation of the prayer to the sixteen arhats (Lotsawa House) )〕 composed by the Kashmiri teacher Shakyahribhadra (1127-1225).〔(The life of Shakyashribhadra (Dechen) )〕 They are also well represented in Tibetan art.〔(The sixteen arhats in Tibetan art (himalayanart.org) )〕 The sixteen Arhats are: File:Japanese - Covered Box in the Shape of Sixteen Arhats in a Begging Bowl - Walters 5394.jpg|Covered Box in the Shape of Sixteen Arhats in a Begging Bowl Image:Mitsutera Obinzuru1.jpg|Pindolabharadrāja (Binzuru) statue in Mitsu-tera Temple, Osaka, Japan. File:Ingada Sonja.jpg|Ańgaja (Ingada sonja) holding a stupika in his right hand. Musée Guimet. File:Arhats Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola FS-7620 05.jpg|Arhats Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola File:Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka-Bharadvaja, and Bhadra FS-7620 09.jpg|Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka-Bharadvaja, and Bhadra File:Arhats Ajita, Kalika, and Vanavasin FS-7620 03.jpg|Arhats Ajita, Kalika, and Vanavasin File:Arhats Panthaka, Nagasena, Gopaka, and Abheda, from a six-part set of Arhat Immortal Thangkas FS-7619 08.jpg|Arhats Panthaka, Nagasena, Gopaka, and Abheda ==See also== *Eighteen Arhats 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sixteen Arhats」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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