Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c30.189

v2.c30.189

**Bhaddāli Thera.**—When the Buddha, at Jetavana, laid down the rule that monks should eat one meal a day and that in the morning, Bhaddāli protested and refused to keep this rule because he said that, in so eating, he would be a prey to scruples and misgivings. For three months he avoided the Buddha, until, just before the Buddha was starting on a journey, Bhaddāli, acting on the advice of his fellow-monks, confessed his fault to the Buddha and begged for forgiveness.¹ The Buddha praised this action and preached to him the Bhaddāli Sutta (*q.v.*).