Anuruddha
Most Venerable Anuruddha Maha Thera | |
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| Title | Dibbacakkhukānań (Of those endowed with the ability of clairvoyance) |
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| Born | Anurudha Gautama Buddha |
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Anuruddha (
Gautama Buddha
.
Early years
Anuruddha was the son of Amitodana and brother to Mahanama and princess
Upali, became ordained by the Buddha at the Anupiya Mango Grove.[1]
Religious life
Anuruddha acquired "divine vision" (dibba-cakkhu) and was ranked foremost among those who had the ability.
arahantship
.
Depiction
Anuruddha is depicted in the
sangha
.
After the Buddha
Anuruddha was present when the Buddha died at Kusinara. He was foremost in consoling the monks and admonishing their future course of action, reminding them of the Buddha's decree to follow the
Kusinara
regarding the Buddha's last obsequies.
Later, at the First Buddhist Council, he played a notable role and was entrusted with the custody of the
Anguttara Nikaya. Anuruddha died at Veluvagama in the Vajji
country, in the shade of a bamboo thicket. He was one hundred and fifty years old at the time of his death.
Depictions in the Jataka
Anuruddha is frequently depicted in the
Jataka, which describes the previous reincarnations of Buddhist figures. In the time of Padumuttara Buddha, he had been a wealthy householder. Hearing one of the monks declared best among possessors of the celestial eye, he desired a similar honor. He performed acts of merit, including holding a great feast of light in front of the Buddha's tomb. In Kassapa Buddha's era he had reincarnated and was born in Varanasi; one day he placed bowls filled with ghee
around the Buddha's tomb and set them alight, circumscribed the tomb throughout the night, bearing on his head a lighted bowl.
He was reborn in an impoverished family in Varanasi and was named Annabhara. One day, while working for his master, the banker Sumana, he gave his meal to a
Pratyekabuddha
, Uparittha. The banker, having heard of Annabhara's pious deed, rewarded him by helping to establish a business for him. The king, impressed, gave him a site for a house, and when the ground beneath was excavated, yielded much buried treasure.
See also
- Gautama Buddha
- Ananda
- Second Buddhist Council
References
- ^ Hecker, Hellmuth (18 June 2006). "Ananda, The Guardian of the Dhamma". Buddhist Publication Society. Archived from the original on 28 March 2007. Retrieved 5 April 2007.
External links
- Anuruddha: Master of the Divine Eye by Hellmuth Hecker (translated from the German by Nyanaponika Thera)