…remorse, and the Buddha assured him that heaven would be his inheritance Vin.i.222f. (This was the occasion for the rule that monks who have…

…wept and was sad. Having reassured the king regarding the babe’s future, Asita sought his sister’s son, Nalaka, and ordained him that he might…

…spoken by Bhallika when Māra tried to frighten him by assuming a hideous form.

…seeing his trouble, reassured him by saying that the brahmin knew neither the meaning of “head” nor of “the splitting of it.” “Who…

…he should visit Cunda and reassure him by telling him that no blame at all attached to him and that he should feel no remorse, but should, on the…

…AN.ii.73 AN.iv.160

He assumed the form of a child having a girdle of snakes, and suddenly appeared on Ajātasattu’s lap, frightening him….

…of good men who have been assured of the realisation of deathlessness. AN.iii.451

One discussion he had with the Buddha regarding the qualities…

…him by Cundaka; there he reassured Cunda, telling him that no blame attached to him for having provided the Buddha with the meal which was to be…

…was a girl; but the Buddha assured him that women were sometimes wiser than men. SN.i.86f.

Only one instance is on record of Mallikā asking a…

…that in a trice they could assume any colour they desired, produce any sound, and obtain any happiness. Anuruddha tested their claims and found…

…before him in the river and assured him he was doing a service to the monks by helping them to commit suicide. This encouraged him, and he put to…

…and Māra was represented as assuming various disguises in order to carry out his nefarious plans. Thus the books mention various occasions on which…

…fretful with anxiety. She assured him there was no need for anxiety on his part, either on behalf of her or his children. She spoke with such…

…fretful with anxiety. She assured him there was no need for anxiety on his part, either on behalf of her or his children. She spoke with such…

…having Ariyan virtues, is assured of enlightenment and happiness. During the conversation, a man comes to tell Nandaka that his bath is ready….

…of snakes, though they can assume human form at will. The Vinaya Vin.ii.109 contains a list of four royal families of Nāgas (Ahirājakulāni):…

…at the foot of which the Buddha received a gift of wheat and honey from the merchants Tapassu and Bhallika in the eighth week after the…

…accepted from Sahampati the assurance that all the Buddhas of the past had also had no other teacher than the Dhamma discovered by them. Similar…

…a sotāpanna and had thus assured for herself the attainment of arahantship. DN.ii.92 SN.v.356f.

Sujātā³

Youngest sister of…

…and trembling. But he was reassured by a friendly Yakkha, Sīvaka. Vin.ii.155f. When the Buddha was staying there, Māra asked him to die….

TapussaTapassu

A merchant of Ukkalā. He and his friend, Bhalluka, while on their way to Rājagaha, saw the Buddha at the foot of the Rājāyatana…

…devas and Brahmas who were assured of salvation.AN.iii.331 AN.iv.75ff. He was evidently the Tissa mentioned as being present at the Mahāsamaya….

…with the Master. The Buddha assures him that Ānanda will, in that very life, become an arahant. AN.i.228

Udāyī was evidently a clever and…

…Meanwhile the householder Tapassu arrived and told Ānanda that be could not understand how young men in the prime of life found any attraction in…

…Māra came to the Buddha and assumed various wondrous shapes, beautiful and ugly. Another time Māra tried to fill the Buddha’s mind with doubt as…

…He questioned Vakkali, who assured him that he had no cause to reprove himself with regard to morals; his only worry was that he had not been able…

…freedom and bliss. Thig.169–174 In the Saṃyutta Nikāya. SN.i.130 Māra, assuming the form of a young man, tried unsuccessfully to tempt her.

…and work miracles, such as assuming any shape at will.

Sometimes the Yakkhas have been degraded to the state of red eyed cannibal ogres. The…