Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c29.376

v2.c29.376

The books contain no mention of any special sermons preached by the Buddha to Bimbisāra nor of any questions asked by him of the Buddha.¹³ Perhaps, like Anāthapiṇḍika, his equal in devotion to the Buddha, he refrained from giving the Buddha extra trouble, or perhaps the affairs of his kingdom, which was three hundred leagues in extent,¹⁴ did not permit him enough leisure for frequent visits to the Buddha. It is said that he once visited four monks—Godhika, Subāhu, Valliya and Uttiya—and invited them to spend the rainy season at Rājagaha. He built for them four huts, but forgot to have them roofed, with the result that the gods withheld the rains until the king remembered the omission.¹⁵