…preaching of the Anattalakkhaṇa Sutta. Vin.i.14

He was responsible for the conversion of Sāriputta and Moggallāna. Sāriputta, in the course…

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One of the five ascetics known as the Pañcavaggiyā. When, after the Enlightenment, the Buddha visited them at Isipatana and preached the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta, Koṇḍañña w …

…Moggallāna and Lakkhaṇa are reported to have stayed there, and to have seen many inhabitants of Rājagaha reborn in Gijjhakūṭa as…

A wanderer who, with his friend Mandissa, visited the Buddha at the Ghositārāma. DN.i.159 The Buddha preached to them the Jāliya Sutta. According to the Pātika Sutta, when Jāliya heard that Pātika cou …

…to Rājagaha for alms, Lakkhaṇa noticed that at a certain spot Moggallāna smiled; on asking him why, he was told to wait till they saw the…

…DN.i.891 DN.i.893 In the Lakkhaṇa Sutta, DN.iii.142ff. however, an extensive description is given as to how these marks are brought about by…

Wanderer. The name given to some of the ascetics and recluses of the Buddha’s time. They were not exclusively brahmin. Their presence seems to have been recognized and respected from earlier times. Ge …

A famous Paribbājaka. The Mahā-Sakuladāyī and the Culla Sakuladāyī Suttas record two conversations between him and the Buddha in the Paribbājakārāma at Moranivāpa in Rājagaha.

He is also said to hav …

…at the end of the Anattalakkhaṇa Sutta. Vin.i.12 A verse attributed to him is found in the Theragāthā. Thag.61

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A Sākiyan,…

A Paribbājaka teacher of Sakuladāyī.