Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c24.431
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c24.431
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1. **Dhammika Sutta.**—Dhammika Thera is driven out by the lay disciples of seven settlements in succession, because he insulted and reviled visiting monks. He, thereupon, seeks the Buddha at Gijjhakūṭa and reports the matter to him. The Buddha relates to him a story of the past connected with the observance of Rukkha-dhamma, and exhorts him to observe the dhamma of a recluse. He also tells Dhammika of various teachers of the past whose disciples, by accepting their teaching, were born in happy states.¹