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c raiment of the same golden colour as the loofah and the angelic mansion that arose as the result of her merit was also the colour of the loofah. Indra, the king of heaven saw the new arrival in heaven and asked what merit she had performed to cause the arising of a golden coloured mansion. The ang

nk, TambadAEhika thought to himself, "Throughout my life, I have been executing thieves; now I should offer this food to the monk." So, he invited SAriputta to come in and respectfully offered the food. After the meal, SAriputta taught him the Dhamma, but TambadAEhika could not pay attention, because h

of charity regularly, giving alms and pursuing other forms of virtues until the end of his life. When he passed away the Bodhisattva was reborn as Indra, the king of heaven. The only son inherited the fortune of 40 million, but instead of investing it in business, he had a huge pavilion built — not

espect one another according to seniority and the older monks have the duty to teach the younger. D.3 Er. SAriputta jumping canals The elder monk SAriputta, who was second only to the Buddha for wisdom, still had certain faults remaining even though he was already an arahant. When he led the other mon

t a standstill. Even so, the more he practiced meditation, the more he managed to attain supranormal powers. He could fly through the air at will. Indra the king of heaven observed how powerful Loma-Kassapa was becoming and realized that before long a mere 'human' would soon be becoming more powerf

that day onwards. E.5 Ex. RAdha Thera DhA.ii.104ff There was one day in the town of RAjagaha, the Lord Buddha was staying at VeOuvana Temple and SAriputta was there also. An aged Brahmin called RAdha who had been shunned by his wife, family and in-laws because he was not very wealthy. They abandoned