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Said Manaputta to the assembly, "How silly, crooke ed and cunning the Grahapati is"!
Just now you
The Grahapati burst out, "Bhante! extolled my simplicity and now you call me silly and cunning. You contradict yourself. Bhante! Ten questions are usually known in religion. If you know the answers, please come out".
So saying, he produced the ten questions and depar
ted.
Comment
Source: Samyutta Nikaya, Nigantha Sutta,
39.8
In Jaina Philosophy, avitarka-avicāra samadhi has been mentioned as a second step. Citra Grahapati was a resident of Macchikasanda and a cashier by profession2. He was thorough in his knowledge of religious themes. He had held discussions with many, such as Mahaka, Kamabhu, Godatta, Acela, Kasyapa and many others 3 Buddha considered him foremost in this respect4.
9. Hall of Curiosity Sutta
587
(This was a hall where people of different sects assembled and discussed their respective view-points). This is an account of a meeting between Buddha and Vatsa Gotra Parivrajaka. Vatsa Gotra said that once there was a discussion in the Hall of Curiosity that his own master Purana Kasyapa could correctly say where a dead follower of his has been born. Other leaders, including Nigantha Nataputta, too, had this capacity. Then he added, people say that even Sramaņa Gautama could say the whereabouts of his deceased followers. The leading disciples of these leaders were also endowed with the same faculty. But in
1. Jaina Siaahanta Dipika, 5/34
2. Dictionary of Pali Proper Names, Vol. I, p. 865
3. Samyukta Nikaya, Sála Yatanavagga, Citta samyutta.
4. Anguttara Nikaya, Eta daggavagga Sutta.
