[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Dictionary of Pali Proper Names](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937) › v2.c29.516 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c29.516 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c29.516 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c29.516](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c29.516) Having washed his feet, he would emerge from his cell, talk to the monks and admonish them. To those who ask for subjects of meditation, he would give them according to their temperament. He would then retire to his cell and, if he so desire, sleep for a while. After that, he looks around the world with his divine eye, seeking whom he may serve, and would then preach to those who come to him for instruction. In the evening he would bathe, and then, during the first watch, attend to monks seeking his advice. The middle watch is spent with devas and others who visit him to question him. The last watch is divided into three parts: the first part is spent in walking about for exercise and meditation; the second is devoted to sleep; and the third to contemplation, during which those who are capable of benefiting by the Buddha’s teaching, through good deeds done by them in the past, come into his vision. Only beings that are \*veneyyā\* (capable of benefiting by instruction) and who possess \*upanissaya\*, appear before the Buddha’s divine eye.⁴⁴ The Buddha gives his visitors permission to ask what they will. This is called \*Sabbaññupavāraṇa\*, and only a Buddha is capable of holding to this promise to answer any question.⁴⁵ Except during the rains, the Buddha spends his time in wandering from place to place, gladdening men and inciting them to lead the good life. This wandering is called \*cārikā\* and is of two kinds—\*turita\* and \*aturita\*. The first is used for a long journey accomplished by him in a very short time, for the benefit of some particular person. Thus Gotama travelled three gāvutas to meet Mahā Kassapa, thirty yojanas to see Āḷavaka and Aṅgulimāla, forty-five yojanas to see Pukkusāti, etc. In the case of aturita-cārikā progress is slow. The range of a Buddha’s cārikā varies from year to year. Sometimes he would tour the Mahāmaṇḍala of nine hundred yojanas, sometimes the Majjhimamaṇḍala of nine hundred yojanas, sometimes only the Antomaṇḍala of six hundred yojanas. A tour of the Mahāmaṇḍala occupies nine months, that of the Majjhimamaṇḍala eight, and that of the Antomaṇḍala from one to four months.⁴⁶ - [Previous: v2.c29.515](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c29.515) - [Next: v2.c29.517](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c29.517) - [Up: v2.c29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c29) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c29.516](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c29.516) · Pramāṇa