Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c8.205

v1.c8.205

**Indriyabhāvanā Sutta.**—Preached at Kajaṅgalā in the Mukheluvana. When a young brahmin, Uttara, pupil of Pārāsariya, visits the Buddha, the Buddha asks him what was the teaching of Pārāsariya on the development of the *indriyas*. It is that a man should neither see forms with his eyes, nor hear words with his ears, says Uttara. Whereupon the Buddha retorts that in that case the deaf and the blind have reached development. When Uttara sits silent and discomfited, Ananda intervenes and begs the Buddha to expound his teaching on the subject. The Buddha agrees and preaches this sutta, with a variety of similes.¹