Haklena

Haklena, the twenty-third patriarch, was a student of Manorhita who is described as having practiced for many years before meeting his teacher. He had explored various contemplative methods and philosophical systems, and his meeting with Manorhita resolved his long search not through the acquisition of new knowledge but through the recognition of what had always already been present.

He transmitted the essence of mind to Simha after a period of teaching that deepened both his realization and his capacity to recognize it in students. His name appears in Chan chronicles as Haklenayasha in some traditions, and his role in the lineage represents another link in the chain that would eventually reach Bodhidharma and cross to China.