Alara_Kalama
Āḷāra Kālāma
Teacher of yogic meditation and teacher of Gautama Buddha
Alara Kalama (Pāḷi & Sanskrit Āḷāra Kālāma/ Arāḍa Kālāma]), was a hermit and a teacher of sāṃkhya philosophy and meditation.[1][2][3] He was a śramaṇa and, according to the Pāli Canon scriptures, the first teacher of Gautama Buddha.[4]