…powers of the Tathāgata.

Abhibhū²

A class of devas belonging to the formless plane. MN.i.1 They live in the same plane as…

…showed his resentment, but Sāgata was able to overcome him by means of his iddhi-powers. Later Sāgata visited the Buddha at Bhaddavatikā and…

…him whether or not a Tathāgata exists after death; dissatisfied with his answer they called him “fool” and went away. Thereupon Anurādha…

…accepted, saying “the Tathāgatas, o householder, take pleasure in solitude.” “I understand, o Blessed One, I understand,” was the…

…and tells him that all Tathāgatas lay down definite rules for the guidance of their followers, so that they may attain development.

It is…

…a fierce Nāga dwelt there. Sāgata Thera, hearing this, went to Ambatiṭṭha and subdued the Nāga, afterwards rejoining the Buddha at…

BuddhaBhagavāTathāgataSiddhatthaGotamaSugataSatthā

The Awakened one, the founder and teacher of the Buddha-dhamma. His personal name was…

…the banks of the Gaggarā Lake in Campā, about the conditions from which the Tathāgata is released and emancipated. The Buddha enumerated ten…

…at the Ambatiṭṭha, Sāgata tamed a Nāga, and from there he went to Kosambī.

The Aṅguttara Nikāya AN.iii.355f. AN.v.41f.…

…for anyone to deprive a Tathāgata of his life.

Devadatta’s next attempt on the Buddha’s life was to persuade elephant-keepers to let loose a…

…house to roof the hut of Tathāgata. For three months Ghaṭīkāra’s house remained open to the sky, but no rain fell on it, so great was his…

…was a Sākiyan, son of Suddhodana and of Mahā Māyā, Suddhodana’s chief consort, and he…

…food once offered to a Tathāgata. When the rice touches the water it crackles and smokes and the brahmin, greatly marvelling, falls at the…

…is eternal, whether the Tathāgata lives after death, etc., all of which, Ānanda says, are impossible to answer, not because he himself does not…

…with that of the Tathāgata. Vaṅgīsa answers that it is not so; learners only abandon the five hindrances; arahants have completely…

…on the existence of a Tathāgata after death. SN.ii.222f. This regard was mutual, for when Kassapa saw the great honour paid to Sāriputta by…

…conditions a sermon presents itself to the mind of a Tathāgata. AN.iv.337f. AN.v.154f.

…by the iddhi-power of Sāgata. Soṇa then sought the Buddha alone and joined the Order. After ordination he walked about meditating, his feet…

…The king thereupon asked Sāgata to show them a greater marvel, and Sāgata, having shown in the open sky wonders of various kinds, fell at the…

…Tavannika, Tavakinnoka

A householder who realised Nibbāna from knowledge of the Tathāgata. He is mentioned in a list of such…

…Tavannika, Tavakinnoka

A householder who realised Nibbāna from knowledge of the Tathāgata. He is mentioned in a list of such…

…Tavannika, Tavakinnoka

A householder who realised Nibbāna from knowledge of the Tathāgata. He is mentioned in a list of such…

…or otherwise of the Tathāgata after death, etc. SN.iii.257ff. SN.iv.391ff. The three Vacchagotta Suttas of the Majjhima Nikāya seem to…

…is due from him. If the Tathāgata were so to honour anyone, that person’s head would split in pieces. Other questions follow on the Buddha’s…

…a human being and to sit at the feet of a Tathāgata.