The Fifty Stanzas of Guru Devotion (Gurupancashika) was written around the first century BC. Ashvaghoshoy. This Indian poet was known by many names such as Aryashura, Matricheta, Patricheta, Matrishtra and Bhavideva and was a contemporary of King Kanishka of the Kushan dynasty. At first completely disbelieving in Buddhism, he later became a devoted follower of the Buddha's path, writing many works on its various aspects...