Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c24.228

v1.c24.228

2. Dhammadinna.—An eminent lay-follower of the Buddha. He once came with five hundred upāsakas to the Buddha at Isipatana and asked him to give them a lesson which might profit them, for, said he, it is difficult for a householder encumbered with a family and the luxuries of household life to comprehend the Buddha’s teachings in their fulness. The Buddha answers that they should practise the four limbs of sotāpatti: loyalty to the Buddha, the Dhamma and the Saṅgha, and the cultivation of Ariyan virtues. Dhammadinna answers that they already possess these limbs. The Buddha then expresses his great satisfaction.¹