Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c7.312

v1.c7.312

When the monks asked Ānanda whether the Buddha's predictions regarding the results of Devadatta's crimes were based on actual knowledge, he furnished them with no answer at all until he had consulted the Buddha (A. iii. 402). Similarly, when **Tapussa** questions him as to why household life is not attractive to laymen, Ānanda takes him straight away to the Buddha, who is spending his siesta in the **Mahāvana** in **Uruvelakappa** (A. iv. 438 f.). Once Ānanda fancies that he knows all about causation, and tells the Buddha how glad he is that he should understand this difficult subject. The Buddha points out to him that he really knows very little about it and preaches to him the *Mahānidāna Sutta* (D. ii. 55 ff.; S. ii. 92-3).