Tribes in Ancient India c32.112

c32.112

The story of the conversion of the Kośala country to the Buddhist faith is told in some detail in the Majjhima Nikāya. Here we read that, in the course of his journey over N. India, on one occasion, the Buddha was sojourning in Kośala, and went to Sālā, a Brahmin village of Kośala. The Brahmin householders of Sālā went to see him and asked him various metaphysical questions which he answered to their satisfaction, and they became his life-long disciples.⁵ Once the Buddha went to Nagaravinda, a Brahmin village of Kośala. There many Brāhmaṇa householders came to see him, attracted by reports of his fame as a great teacher. After listening to his preaching, they became converted to the new faith.⁶ Another Brahmin village visited by the Buddha in Kośala was Veṇāgapura. Here, too, the Brāhmaṇa householders went to pay their respects to him and talk with him.⁷ Buddha spent much of his time at Śrāvastī and most of his sermons were delivered there.⁸