Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c9.1257

v1.c9.1257

3. Uposatha Sutta.—One uposatha-night, during the first watch, Ānanda approaches the Buddha and asks him to recite the Pātimokkha. Three times he asks, but the Buddha remains silent, and at last says that the assembly is impure. Mahāmoggallāna, who is present, looks round, and seeing there a monk given up to wicked ways, asks him to leave. On his refusing to do so, Moggallāna takes him by the hand and leads him away. Thereupon the Buddha proceeds to explain how, just as the sea is full of eight kinds of marvels, so is the Dhamma.¹