Manorhita

Manorhita, the twenty-second patriarch, received the transmission from Vasubandhu. His name evokes brilliance of mind, and he is described as a teacher who could communicate the essence of awakening through both ordinary conversation and formal teaching. He is associated with a period of transmission in which the lineage was moving closer to the northwestern borders of India, the gateway to central Asia and eventually China.

Manorhita recognized in Haklena the qualities necessary to carry the transmission forward and transmitted the essence of awakening to him. His contribution to the lineage, like that of most of the middle Indian patriarchs, is the faithful preservation of a living experience that does not depend on the survival of texts or institutions but on the direct encounter between awake minds.