Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c21.650

v1.c21.650

5. Tissa.—An aggasāvaka of Kassapa Buddha. He was the Buddha’s brother and, having renounced the household, became an ascetic. On hearing that Kassapa had become Buddha, he visited him but expressed great disappointment on discovering that he ate flesh food (āmagandha). The Buddha taught him that āmagandha was not really flesh but the kilesas which corrupt the heart, and he preached to him the Āmagandha Sutta. Tissa immediately entered the Order and became an aggasāvaka.¹ Tissa’s father was born as Subhadda in this age.²