Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c27.86
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c27.86
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v2.c27.86
Paccanīka Sutta.—Once the brahmin Paccanīkasāta of Sāvatthi visited the Buddha and asked him to recite a doctrine. But the Buddha refused, saying that there was no use in trying to teach one whose heart was corrupt and full of animosity. This refusal seems to have pleased the brahmin.¹