Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.1693

v1.c12.1693

Kāla-Buddharakkhita.—A Thera of Ceylon, an arahant. He belonged to a minister's family and was born in a village near Dakkhiṇagiri-vihāra. When he came of age, he entered the Order, learned the whole of the Tipiṭaka, and, on going with a large concourse to see his teacher, was asked to give up his following and go into solitude to practise meditation. He went to the Vātakasitapabbata-vihāra, practised meditation and became an arahant. While living in the Cetiyapabbata-vihāra, he was once worshipping at the Kaṇṭaka-cetiya and was seated at the foot of a Kālatimabara tree.¹ One of the monks asked him a question on the Kāḷakārāma Sutta and the Elder preached a sermon based on the sutta. King Tissa (probably Saddhā-Tissa), who was in the vicinity, came to listen to the sermon.