Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c9.951

v1.c9.951

Nor were all Upananda’s misdemeanours confined to greed for possessions. We are told that once a complaint was made to the Buddha that Upananada had gone to the house of an acquaintance and had sat down in the bedroom of the woman of the house, talking to her. The husband ordered food to be brought to Upananda, and when that was done, asked him to leave. But the woman wished him to stay and he refused to go away.¹² On two other occasions he is mentioned as visiting the houses of his acquaintances and being found by the husbands, seated alone with their wives.¹³