Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c17.82
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c17.82
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2. Channa Sutta.—Channa Thera goes from cell to cell in the monastery at Isipatana, asking the Elders to teach him the Dhamma. Finding that their teachings do not help him in getting rid of craving, he visits Ānanda at the Ghositārāma. Ānanda praises Channa for his new-found humility, and repeats to him a sermon which he (Ānanda) had heard the Buddha preach to the monk Kacchānagotta, dealing with the paṭiccasamuppāda. Channa expresses his delight with the exposition of Ānanda.¹ The Commentary² says that this account refers to Channa, the companion of the Buddha. After the infliction on him of the Brahmadanda, he was greatly affected, and wandered from place to place. In the course of these wanderings he came to Benares.