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Happy Lohan: Kanaka the Vatsa

Kanaka the Vasta

Decimating the demons,
The universe now cleared.
Hands raised for jubuilation,
Be wild with joy.

Kanaka the Vatsa was a well-known public speaker and debater of the Buddhist doctrines. When asked what is happiness, he would answer that it is experienced through the five senses. When asked what is bliss, he would reply that bliss is joy coming not from the five senses but from deep within, like feeling Buddha in his heart. He often wore a smiling countenance during debates and was famous for his preachings in happiness, therefore he is called the Happy Lohan.

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