ed bats. During the day the bats would return to the cave but at night they would fly outside to feed. Thus the bats would hear the chanting of the Abhidhamma every day. Even though the bats had no way of knowing the meaning of the chanting, they became familiar with the sound of the monk's chanting and

ntal Precepts for the bhikkhus (i.e., the PAEimokkha). Observing that the bhikkhus remained silent, Kapila said, 'There is no such thing as Sutta, Abhidhamma or Vinaya..lt makes no difference whether you listen to the PAEimokkha or not' and left the congregation. He had taught the Dhamma to others in a

whole of one rainy-season retreat in TavatiOsa Heaven, through the might of his mental powers, in order to teach his late mother the whole of the Abhidhamma. His mother Queen MAyA had passed away only seven days after the birth of Prince Siddhartha. G.12 Et The Abandoned Brahmin Once, there lived in S

hAvaOsa-EEkA 190ff) In the time of Kassapa Buddha, there was a python which had dug a burrow just next to a cave where monks regularly chanted the Abhidhamma. The monks often chanted the verses concerning the sense doors [Ayatana] and how they should be re- EFTA00286757 strained. The python heard the c