| J.068 |
Saaketa Jaataka |
Once, when the Buddha visited Saketa, an old brahmin met him at the gate and fell
at his feet, calling him his ësoní and took him home to see his ëmotherí (the brahminís
wife) and his ëbrothers and sistersí (the brahminís family). There the Buddha and
his monks were entertained with a meal, at the end of which the Buddha preached the
Jaraa Sutta. Both the brahmin and his wife became sakadagamins. When the Buddha returned
to A~njanavana, the monks asked him what the brahmin had meant by calling him his
son. The Buddha told them how the brahmin had been his father for 500 successive
past births, his uncle for 500 lifetimes and his grandfather for 500 lifetimes. The
brahminís wife had similarly been his mother, aunt and grandmother. |
56/159 |
Jaataka |
Khuddhaka |
J.i.308ff., DhA.iii.317ff., SNA.ii.532ff. |
familiarity, parenthood |