Realizing this, sBed-byed became a monk and later an Arhat (Saint). He looked for a cure everywhere in vain but when he met the Buddha at Śrāvasti, the Buddha, after bathing him and dressing him in fresh clothes, told him of the impermanence of the five aggregates constituting a human being: body, feelings, thoughts, impulses and consciousness.
When Gopaka was on earth, his body was from birth covered with ulcers and was therefore always concealed under a cloth. Next to him, an admiring pupil is sitting at his feet.
According to Waddell, the Elder's Sanskrit name is Guhah which could be connected with Sanskrit guhya 'secret, concealed'. Above, the Buddhist Elder Gopaka, Tibetan sBed-byed, "The Concealer", is shown seated in the royal-ease posture, holding a book.
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